Social Media And Empathy Analysis

The Internet is a tool of communication worldwide that is important for human development in daily interactions such as: workplace, interpersonal interactions and free time. Through years of research and technology development the internet has become an indispensable tool where people have the ability to interact virtually with people from around the world. Nowadays is easier to exchange opinions, photographs, feelings and private content without having to be present physically in that exact moment, country or place. Even though the internet allow us to be instantly connected with family, friends and relatives, our human interaction with the outside world has been disturbed by social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, creating a …show more content…
We are constantly connected with friends and acquaintances by social media, that if we live far away from home, we can spend time with our love ones by face timing them and texting. While exchanging messages we feel close with our love ones but at the same time we became more alone because is not the same human interaction through a device or computer than face-to-face conversation where you can experience their emotions. Patricia J. Manney, an American writer and speaker on humanist, wrote a article called, “Is Technology Destroying Empathy?”, in where she says that, “media outlets not only destroy empathy, but actually move the needle of a group 's acceptable actions to extremes. As soon as you demonize an "out group" — whether in racist, sexist or political rants — you have destroyed empathy”. Manney’s example states that people don’t feel anymore because society is divided into a lot of groups, which can cause people to forget that everyone has rights and feelings. Moreover, is impossible for people to understand and comprehend emotions because that connection between human’s emotions and thinking has been disrupted by the abusive use of social media. People are caught up in this virtual …show more content…
On Paul Goldberger’s essay, “Disconnected Urbanism,” he states that, “…the cell phone has changed our sense of place more than faxes and computers and email because of its ability to intrude into every moment in every possible place.” The cell phone has intruded into our emotions and perception of things as Goldberger said. I can’t imagine a moment where people do not use their cell phones to record a trip, a birthday party or even an accident. Even though people are not able to access online for different reasons, there is this obsession in checking your phone waiting for a message or a notification to show up in your cell phone screen. Society is so accustomed to doing everything with their technology devices rather than living the moment to the