Research question

Online is no substitute for offline

 Does socially media fosters a better society or is harming it? While doing my research I found and interesting article called " The 3 Reasons Why You Should Quit Social Media in 2013", in this article it is stated by Henderson (2012) that "over 90% of job hunters of all ages look for work online, but less than 5% are conducting offline job hunting activities such as attending networking events or setting up information interviews. And guess what? A full 70 – 80% of job vacancies are never posted" (para.3). Today a lot of people spend excessive amounts of time utilizing technology, either browsing the internet or creating and updating their social media sites. Due to the dependency in technology people are becoming more isolated, thus struggling to communicate face to face. Now a day more people join sites such as LinkedIn in the hope of building a strong network; they live with the illusion that social media can lead to new contacts and job opportunities. In fact social media those help communicate with a lot of people around the globe and it can lead to new contacts and opportunities, however, as shown above there are other ways that create better results, like: attending networking events, setting up informative interviews. These two options allows us to interact with people face to face, increase our network and decrease misunderstandings that are likely to occur when using technology. Online communication will never be a substitute for in person.

 

Henderson, M. (2012). 3 Reasons Why You Should Quit Social Media In 2013. Retrieved March, 15, 2013 from. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2012/12/29/3-reasons-you-should-quit-social-media-in-2013/#