Technology and Social media are a great deal in many communities as they create different kinds of bonds and relationships between people. Arlie Russell Hochschild in her essay “From The Frying Pan into The Fire”, she discusses the effect of capitalism and technology on the modern American family and how people spend more time at work than at home. She also talks about how families lost the ideal family life to the fragmented and hurried working life style. Malcolm Gladwell in his essay “Small Change: Why the Revolution will Not Be Tweeted” explains how communities organize themselves by starting to bond through social media such as Facebook and Twitter, protesting for their rights. He also pays attention to the interactions between people
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Gladwell mentions that “ The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism. With Facebook and twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular well has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate and give voice to their concerns” (Gladwell 134). Before the rise of social media only certain voices and opinions were heard mainly from the powerful positions where the powerless’s say was never heard. However through Social media it became a lot easier for everyone to equally share their opinion without having anyone changing any of it. In this way Social media helps people bond together socially,creating connections between different societies all over the world.While people get so busy making weak connections with other people whether at work or through social media, they tend to not have enough time to spend with their families. Hochschild says that “Many families separate their ideal of themselves as a close family from a life that in reality is more hurried, fragmented, crowded, and individualized than they would like” (Hochschild 190). Because of the capitalist society people live in, work has been taking over people’s lives, giving them no time to spend with their families. Work breaks bonds in society due to the lack of face to face interactions, making it easier for people to communicate over the internet rather than taking an hour out of their time to see each other and talk. The ideal “good life” is taken over by the hours spent at work, where families show their love through a rapped gift rather than through time spent together. Since families do not spend time together, they communicate through technology that creates barriers between them weakening their bonds, complicating any attempts at pursuing a strong social
Gladwell mentions that “ The new tools of social media have reinvented social activism. With Facebook and twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular well has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate and give voice to their concerns” (Gladwell 134). Before the rise of social media only certain voices and opinions were heard mainly from the powerful positions where the powerless’s say was never heard. However through Social media it became a lot easier for everyone to equally share their opinion without having anyone changing any of it. In this way Social media helps people bond together socially,creating connections between different societies all over the world.While people get so busy making weak connections with other people whether at work or through social media, they tend to not have enough time to spend with their families. Hochschild says that “Many families separate their ideal of themselves as a close family from a life that in reality is more hurried, fragmented, crowded, and individualized than they would like” (Hochschild 190). Because of the capitalist society people live in, work has been taking over people’s lives, giving them no time to spend with their families. Work breaks bonds in society due to the lack of face to face interactions, making it easier for people to communicate over the internet rather than taking an hour out of their time to see each other and talk. The ideal “good life” is taken over by the hours spent at work, where families show their love through a rapped gift rather than through time spent together. Since families do not spend time together, they communicate through technology that creates barriers between them weakening their bonds, complicating any attempts at pursuing a strong social