Social Media good or bad???

 

I believe our society is becoming more isolated and less sociable due to social media and technology. In the article Turkle stated “we become less willing to get out there and take a chance”; in my opinion the above is true. An example of these are all the online dating sites like: eHarmony; a lot of people  are using these sites because they find it easier and less intimidating to talk to people that way than in person.  Generally people through the internet tend to be chatty and outgoing, but when you actually have the person in front of you they completely change; all of a sudden is like you don’t even know them anymore; this is sad an scary at the same time.

 The constant use of technology is not only affecting our learning process and decreasing our creativity but it also has a negative impact in our relationships and in the way we behave. For instance, now a day some people cannot go out for coffee with friends without checking their phones, sometimes when you go to a restaurant you’ll see families having lunch and each member of the family using an electronic device instead of talking to each other; one person will be on the phone, the other one listening to music and the third one on checking Facebook.

Social media has had an important impact in our lives; some things have been positive and others negative. In today’s world social media is being used too much leading to a series of negative consequences like the ones shown above.