Social Media Change Communication
Chad Artist
How has social media
changed communication?
Social media has changed
communication in a huge way. Both positive and negatively. The things social
media has done that have very positive benefits are things such as FaceTime and
Skype. These things allow us to have a face to face digital conversation with
anyone we want, whether we want to FaceTime family overseas, have contact on
holidays with missionarys, talk to a loved one who is in the military, these technology’s
and social media has given us access to do that and that to me is pretty cool.
I have a love hate relationship with social media, I find a lot of useful
information that I can use in my day to day life from social media but I also
find myself to be extremely unproductive when I look at Instagram and snapchat
because what I think is only 5 minutes of social media time usually turns into
about 30 min or an hour of doing nothing but staring at a screen. That is why I
try and limit myself with social media and only look at it a few times a day
(which doesn’t work out very well). But social media is something that can be
negative, things such as texting, Instagram, and twitter can become extremely
addicting for both adults and children and make it so kids do not know how to
communicate effectively in person or face to face. The New York Times said
recently in an article that “Screens turn kids into psychotic junkies, iPads,
smartphones and Xboxes are a form of digital drug”. All of this new technology
has effected communication tremendously and whether you classify it as a good
change or a bad change everyone is entitled to their own opinions. I think
technology regarding kids needs to have limitations and parents need to be more
aware of what is going on in kids brains when they stare at a screen for hours
on end because it is not good. Kids need to grow up to communicate and have
conversations with people in public, not just have conversations digitally. This
is something that even myself wish that my parents were a little better with me
growing up, I wish that they told me to “go play outside” more or to “get off
your phone” or “stop playing video games and go ride your bike” because I spent
a lot of time indoors staring at a screen when I could have been doing
something productive and healthy for the brain.
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