“I know a lot of people who've found their partners through Twitter. No big deal. You interact. You meet. You meet often. You click. You fall. And boom!” says Pankaj Sinha, an engineer with close to 16,000 followers on Twitter (Vishakha, 2014). Twitter might be the cord that connects two people forever. Numerous pundits have therefore attempted to understand the real role of social networking in people’s lives, a subject that brings about varying reactions (Hampton et al., 2011). However, the basic truth is that social networking increase people’s isolation and loneliness. To elaborate, it makes people confined to their own zone and then they will be away from their families, they will gain weight because sitting on the computer for many hours
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These are living alone, irregular involvement in social activities, and most importantly, having small social networks. This therefore highlights the importance of social networks in people’s lives and personal relationships (Hart & Frejd, 2013). Critics have severally argued that social networking keeps people disconnected from their families and friends, thereby making it detrimental to the needed social growth of the individual. They argue that people have become more preoccupied with virtual things that they fail to realize the importance of face-to-face interaction which adds life to their relationships with family and friends (Turkle, 2012). Today, it is common to find a family sitting together but reading emails or texting. At work, executives will be found texting while board meetings proceed. Even in dates, people will be found logging into Facebook and other social forums, which ultimately results in people being accustomed to living connected but alone (Turkle, 2012). Essentially, the world is connected through small touch screens and keyboards but everyone lives in their own bubble and is thus lonely. Teenagers are the worst affected by this forums since they are continually losing the skill to make proper conversation with their families. This frustrates them, leaving them feeling as if nobody understands them and that they are thus all alone with …show more content…
The argument here is that while students spend a lot of time networking through the different forums, they lack enough time to concentrate on their studies as they should and therefore attain lower grades (Hart & Frejd, 2013). While students spend most of their time in social networking, they spend less time studying. According to research carried out at the Ohio State University on the subject, it emerged that though most students claimed that Facebook did not affect their studies, users recorded GPAs in the range of 3.0 -3.5. On the other hand, non-users of this site recorded GPAs in the range of 3.5 - 4.0. Additionally, while users spend between 1-5 hours weekly in serious study, non-users spend between 11-15 hours every week on study (Karpinski, 2009). This shows a clear connection between high social media activity and low
These are living alone, irregular involvement in social activities, and most importantly, having small social networks. This therefore highlights the importance of social networks in people’s lives and personal relationships (Hart & Frejd, 2013). Critics have severally argued that social networking keeps people disconnected from their families and friends, thereby making it detrimental to the needed social growth of the individual. They argue that people have become more preoccupied with virtual things that they fail to realize the importance of face-to-face interaction which adds life to their relationships with family and friends (Turkle, 2012). Today, it is common to find a family sitting together but reading emails or texting. At work, executives will be found texting while board meetings proceed. Even in dates, people will be found logging into Facebook and other social forums, which ultimately results in people being accustomed to living connected but alone (Turkle, 2012). Essentially, the world is connected through small touch screens and keyboards but everyone lives in their own bubble and is thus lonely. Teenagers are the worst affected by this forums since they are continually losing the skill to make proper conversation with their families. This frustrates them, leaving them feeling as if nobody understands them and that they are thus all alone with …show more content…
The argument here is that while students spend a lot of time networking through the different forums, they lack enough time to concentrate on their studies as they should and therefore attain lower grades (Hart & Frejd, 2013). While students spend most of their time in social networking, they spend less time studying. According to research carried out at the Ohio State University on the subject, it emerged that though most students claimed that Facebook did not affect their studies, users recorded GPAs in the range of 3.0 -3.5. On the other hand, non-users of this site recorded GPAs in the range of 3.5 - 4.0. Additionally, while users spend between 1-5 hours weekly in serious study, non-users spend between 11-15 hours every week on study (Karpinski, 2009). This shows a clear connection between high social media activity and low