Relation ties between two individuals depend on upon the time, commitment and effort put into it from both parties. Connections are considered to be one of the best investment in modern society. There are two kinds of relationships exists in today’s society; one where two people can communicate and relate in such a manner that their relationship turns into an unbroken bond. This relationship is full of time commitment, sacrifices, and memorable moments and favors that no stranger can break the trust between the people or group. In contrast, today’s society also consists more of virtual relationship, where society communicates with each other using tools of social media. Platforms of social media let everyone add unlimited friends and make connections
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Social media is a tool to connect families and friends who are further apart to connect and talk to each other. The result wouldn’t be the same for using email or messages to converse close by friends and families. The value of spending time with well-wishers degrade and so does the strength of ties, In “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”, Malcolm Gladwell argues that virtual intimacy is not efficient and productive as traditional friendships and relations. The so-called friends on social media are not really friends, the groups on theses platforms are not structured properly and ties on media are fragile. Users accept the friend request to get others information and ideas. Sherry Turkle, author of “Alone Together” argues that there more to lose than gain from using virtual technologies. There is selfishness when creating a virtual account and in making so-called friends online. The friends on social media are just pretending to be friends and conversation on it does not showcase honest feelings towards one another. Virtual mediums weaken the relationships by offering faster and abundant ways to communicate, which in turn devalues the ease of sharing …show more content…
Most teenagers in society have smartphones, laptops or some kind of technical device to connect to social websites. Social media is like nicotine of today’s age; it has become their need to survive. One can deliver a message using social media but cannot express their feelings behind the message to present moral importance. This affects the affinity between people negatively, as it might make people seem far from their significance in life. The technology used to connect people far away backfires by taking them further away from the relationship. “When technology engineers intimacy, relationships can be reduced to mere connections. And then, the easy connection becomes redefined as intimacy” (Turkle 277). Social websites supposed to exchange affinity by expressing emotions in words, but too much ease of communications has broken feelings into a mere requirement. People connect for selfish desires, collect information and exhibit their personal life. A user connects to another user, so in a time of need, the other user can help out. Even the distant family members are added for the sake of their presence on a same social media platform. Many social media websites are used to spread awareness or to make people participate for a cause, but too many people do not take them seriously. Social media “makes it easier for activists to
Social media is a tool to connect families and friends who are further apart to connect and talk to each other. The result wouldn’t be the same for using email or messages to converse close by friends and families. The value of spending time with well-wishers degrade and so does the strength of ties, In “Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”, Malcolm Gladwell argues that virtual intimacy is not efficient and productive as traditional friendships and relations. The so-called friends on social media are not really friends, the groups on theses platforms are not structured properly and ties on media are fragile. Users accept the friend request to get others information and ideas. Sherry Turkle, author of “Alone Together” argues that there more to lose than gain from using virtual technologies. There is selfishness when creating a virtual account and in making so-called friends online. The friends on social media are just pretending to be friends and conversation on it does not showcase honest feelings towards one another. Virtual mediums weaken the relationships by offering faster and abundant ways to communicate, which in turn devalues the ease of sharing …show more content…
Most teenagers in society have smartphones, laptops or some kind of technical device to connect to social websites. Social media is like nicotine of today’s age; it has become their need to survive. One can deliver a message using social media but cannot express their feelings behind the message to present moral importance. This affects the affinity between people negatively, as it might make people seem far from their significance in life. The technology used to connect people far away backfires by taking them further away from the relationship. “When technology engineers intimacy, relationships can be reduced to mere connections. And then, the easy connection becomes redefined as intimacy” (Turkle 277). Social websites supposed to exchange affinity by expressing emotions in words, but too much ease of communications has broken feelings into a mere requirement. People connect for selfish desires, collect information and exhibit their personal life. A user connects to another user, so in a time of need, the other user can help out. Even the distant family members are added for the sake of their presence on a same social media platform. Many social media websites are used to spread awareness or to make people participate for a cause, but too many people do not take them seriously. Social media “makes it easier for activists to