Is Face Book Making Us Lonely Analysis

Is face book making us lonely is a text written by Stephen Marche on how the use of the internet is breaking down our physical connections and making us shut INS who would rather be on the internet. Marche makes many great points about how the internet makes humans more connected than ever, like how we are able to communicate to long distant friends or even talk to our parents who live in a different country. Yet while we have never had more access to one another and the world around us, we have never been more isolated. Marche contributes this finding to the rise of social media, including Facebook. He believes that “the more connected we become, the lonelier we are,” (p.g.1). While the world is getting closer together Marche makes the points that being alone has always been part of the American way of life, ever since the the pilgrims left the civilized world of Europe, or how two American icons the cowboy and astronaut traveled to the far reaches of forever to stake a claim, its seems that Americans have always been willing to “pay [the] price” …show more content…
4) of loneliness in exchange for pride, self-respect, exploration, or whatever it may be. Perhaps the draw of being alone is just part of American culture; nothing is making us lonely because we just decide to be. One of the last key things Marche discusses is whether or not the internet makes us lonely, or if lonely people are attracted to the internet. When it all comes down to it, internet and Facebook are “merely tools,” (p.g. 7) and we choose how to