The Pros And Cons Of Online Communication

Register to read the introduction… With the highly used social networking and instant messaging via mobile devices, it would seem like communication is a breeze nowadays. On the contrary, you are not fully connected with other people until you can physically communicate with them. Likewise, many people choose to filter what they put out in the social media, they will most likely hide that they had a bad experience because people have a tendency to share only positive views for their own self-image. Relationships between people are more than just keeping tabs on one’s daily life but, relating to them on a more personal level. Online education may seem like a great alternative to a traditional class, but being present in a classroom environment creates a cultivating social environment. With online learning services, students are often isolated with only a computer to interact with, which causes communication problems. Nevertheless, in a traditional educational setting, students interact with both their teacher and fellow students as well. The absence of a teacher and other students for feedback, online learning courses create confusion, frustration and anxiety because you are learning independently. The online learning classes offer litter to no face-to-face communication between student and instructor. Online education and multimedia technologies are negatively reshaping our way of communications and how we learn as physical conversations die …show more content…
We have become so dependant on it that we believe almost anything on the internet. Our literacy skills are slowly being lowered as technology dominates us, we constantly misspell simple words. The world is now “Cyber connected” by instant messaging and online social networks that are making face-to-face conversations obsolete. Online education can have a negative impact on the way we learn and how we communicate. Becoming too dependant on technology can cause us to lose sight of what is “real” in life every time we emerge ourselves in it. Maybe if we stopped depending on technology so much, we could start living our lives and not let technology live it for