In just eight years since the first smartphone was released, technology has overpowered the world in an unimaginable way. Consequently, as technology changed drastically, so did means of communication and relationships. The average person in the twenty-first-century checks their cellular device at least two hundred and twenty-one times per day(CITATION). Technology has provided connections and interactions with people from all over the world, but in actuality, has driven us further apart. Social media is a collection of websites and applications providing access to different communities across the world. In some aspects, it has had positive effects like helping in direct communication from anywhere with a signal, saving memories, new job creations,
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Despite the hours dedicated to handheld devices, calls are rarely made; taking away face-to-face contact. To take case in point, many young adults would agree that talking on the phone is taboo because of its “awkwardness” compared to texting. We have become so apt to thinking and answering instant messages at any pace, that when it comes to real-time communication many young adults struggle. This predicament was discussed in the passage “No Need to Call” Sherry Turkle explains how technology has sculpted the manner in which we talk to others. She explains that taking a phone call can appear as too time/attention consuming and does not get straight to the point in the way a text or email could. Nevertheless, Turkle reassures that young adults are not the only age group that is consumed with instant messaging because adults have come to be the same way. Ultimately, boundaries can be crossed through the phone because it is a more intimate setting, while texting allows reading and analyzing thoughts, at any pace, and constructing them into a shortened version. In fact, those who are shy feed off and enjoy the aspect of being able to think before they speak and can express themselves more freely. Although instant messaging has created a great, time-saving strategy, the question of whether this attempt to wrangle out of an awkward conversation is just the main suspect for initiating
Despite the hours dedicated to handheld devices, calls are rarely made; taking away face-to-face contact. To take case in point, many young adults would agree that talking on the phone is taboo because of its “awkwardness” compared to texting. We have become so apt to thinking and answering instant messages at any pace, that when it comes to real-time communication many young adults struggle. This predicament was discussed in the passage “No Need to Call” Sherry Turkle explains how technology has sculpted the manner in which we talk to others. She explains that taking a phone call can appear as too time/attention consuming and does not get straight to the point in the way a text or email could. Nevertheless, Turkle reassures that young adults are not the only age group that is consumed with instant messaging because adults have come to be the same way. Ultimately, boundaries can be crossed through the phone because it is a more intimate setting, while texting allows reading and analyzing thoughts, at any pace, and constructing them into a shortened version. In fact, those who are shy feed off and enjoy the aspect of being able to think before they speak and can express themselves more freely. Although instant messaging has created a great, time-saving strategy, the question of whether this attempt to wrangle out of an awkward conversation is just the main suspect for initiating