Prof. Jim Toepper
ESL 51
September 13, 2013
Summary –Response Essay D#1
Faceless on Facebook
According to Kate Beals in “Faceless on Facebook”, she signed up on FB without knowing in what she was getting into. After using different kinds of online pages she decided to make a FB profile. In her profile she had to share some personal information such as her picture, activities and her book list. Beals decided to don’t share any of her personal information because it was giving her a hard time. In my opinion, social media can give us some difficulties and also can make some changes in our social lives.
Social media had change the way we interact with each other. Everybody is connected to the internet most of the time. This connection makes people be away from their environment. For example, when my family gets together some of them are using their phones instead of sharing family time. This online connection affects the union of the families. Even when I get together with my friends we are focus on what is going on social media instead of the conversation. People are less likely to reach out to each other because they're already up to date on what's going on in their friends' lives by their Instagram account.
Social media had reduced face to face communication. Social media give a lot of facilities to communicate with people faster without the necessity of getting together. For example, I used to visit my friends that live far away because there wasn’t other way to communicate but now we can use Facetime or Facebook to be in touch. It can be easier to keep in touch with friends but also it makes us be far away because we aren’t sharing time together.
Business meetings had change with the facilities of internet. Nowadays business men don’t need to travel around the world to have their meetings. Now most of the meetings are online using different kinds of programs. For example, my dad used to travel every month to check his business now