Is Social Media Making Us Antisocial?
With the help of technology we are able to share things with people around the world in the blink of an eye. You can choose to tweet 140 characters at a time, write a post that appears on friends’ news feed or share a photo with a filter thrown on top. Social networking has become an unquestionable part of our everyday lives. We never stop to think anything of it because we spend a good amount of time each day on sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Facebook. But do we stop to think what we could be doing if we were not on social media or how it affects how we interact with each other ‘in real life’.
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Today, it seems everyone including young kids have some sort of social network account like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. In fact, I’m sure that many users on YouTube who claim to be 50+ are really just 11 year olds trying to pass the age restriction. Heavy exposure to online media has been shown to limit a child’s attention span and academic performance. Not to mention they are more likely to click those ads promising $1,000,000 if you click now. However, a majority of parents do not disapprove of their children using a social network, even if the site has an age limit. As our lives become more evolved around technology, it is hard to shut it out even for a day. The younger generation gradually replace real life experience with the comfortable chair in front of the computer. More and more teenagers would rather spend a few hours online, rather than going out and experiencing the real world. A study by ‘Knowthenet’ found that more than half of children had used a social media site before the age of 10 with Facebook being the most popular. To have a Facebook account, you must be the age of 13 but fabricating your date of birth is easy to do with or without their parents knowing about it. As they start to spend time online rather than off, they start to live in a different …show more content…
With the help of technology, we can contact anyone around the world, at any time, with just a few keystrokes. It is free, unlike calling across the ocean, and live. We can also share elements of our life, from what we enjoy to photos of ourselves and those in our lives. It is like being a part of that person’s world, even though distance keeps you apart. Other social benefits that help society are it can be a valuable aid for crime-solving and a forum for support and safety information during a crisis. Government agencies now heavily use social media to investigate crime related issues as well as spread information on things like natural disasters. Many people choose to check social media rather than an online news site on the latest information about what is happening in their
With the help of technology we are able to share things with people around the world in the blink of an eye. You can choose to tweet 140 characters at a time, write a post that appears on friends’ news feed or share a photo with a filter thrown on top. Social networking has become an unquestionable part of our everyday lives. We never stop to think anything of it because we spend a good amount of time each day on sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Facebook. But do we stop to think what we could be doing if we were not on social media or how it affects how we interact with each other ‘in real life’.
Communication skills are known as an art to master. The only way to become good at communicating …show more content…
Today, it seems everyone including young kids have some sort of social network account like Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. In fact, I’m sure that many users on YouTube who claim to be 50+ are really just 11 year olds trying to pass the age restriction. Heavy exposure to online media has been shown to limit a child’s attention span and academic performance. Not to mention they are more likely to click those ads promising $1,000,000 if you click now. However, a majority of parents do not disapprove of their children using a social network, even if the site has an age limit. As our lives become more evolved around technology, it is hard to shut it out even for a day. The younger generation gradually replace real life experience with the comfortable chair in front of the computer. More and more teenagers would rather spend a few hours online, rather than going out and experiencing the real world. A study by ‘Knowthenet’ found that more than half of children had used a social media site before the age of 10 with Facebook being the most popular. To have a Facebook account, you must be the age of 13 but fabricating your date of birth is easy to do with or without their parents knowing about it. As they start to spend time online rather than off, they start to live in a different …show more content…
With the help of technology, we can contact anyone around the world, at any time, with just a few keystrokes. It is free, unlike calling across the ocean, and live. We can also share elements of our life, from what we enjoy to photos of ourselves and those in our lives. It is like being a part of that person’s world, even though distance keeps you apart. Other social benefits that help society are it can be a valuable aid for crime-solving and a forum for support and safety information during a crisis. Government agencies now heavily use social media to investigate crime related issues as well as spread information on things like natural disasters. Many people choose to check social media rather than an online news site on the latest information about what is happening in their