Virtual Communication Vs
Virtual Communication vs. Face to Face
While it is true that the Internet has enabled us to communicate easier with the people around us, I believe it has also impacted our lives in a negative way. We have adapted the internet as our primary choice of communication and in the process we have become more isolated from society. In particular, we can see how technology has negatively impacted the social skills of the younger generations. We use the Internet to meet new people, without knowing for sure who is on the other side of the screen. Virtual communication can be useful, but at the same time it can take a stroll in our social skills and in our safety.
Technology inhibits our communication skills and reinforces us to become anti-social and isolated. By using the internet or text messages, people are able to contact each other without having to meet in person. If we flash back to a few decades ago, we see people who could only communicate if they met in person. As a result of this, in general, people were able to communicate and express their feelings much better and built stronger relationships. Technology today makes it easy for people to basically communicate by sending emails and chatting, not realizing the importance of face to face communication with their friends and loved ones.
While virtual communication has harmfully affected the social skills of people, children and teenagers are the ones being affected the most. In one article Bob Affonso recognizes that the over use of Internet has taken a stroll on people’s social skills. Research indicates that constant use of the internet results in small but significant increase in loneliness, stress and desolation and a decline in psychological well-being (qtd. in Affonso). Lately people waste most of their time in front of their computer or using their cell phones instead of spending quality time with their friends and family.
Although some may claim that technology has positively impacted our social
While it is true that the Internet has enabled us to communicate easier with the people around us, I believe it has also impacted our lives in a negative way. We have adapted the internet as our primary choice of communication and in the process we have become more isolated from society. In particular, we can see how technology has negatively impacted the social skills of the younger generations. We use the Internet to meet new people, without knowing for sure who is on the other side of the screen. Virtual communication can be useful, but at the same time it can take a stroll in our social skills and in our safety.
Technology inhibits our communication skills and reinforces us to become anti-social and isolated. By using the internet or text messages, people are able to contact each other without having to meet in person. If we flash back to a few decades ago, we see people who could only communicate if they met in person. As a result of this, in general, people were able to communicate and express their feelings much better and built stronger relationships. Technology today makes it easy for people to basically communicate by sending emails and chatting, not realizing the importance of face to face communication with their friends and loved ones.
While virtual communication has harmfully affected the social skills of people, children and teenagers are the ones being affected the most. In one article Bob Affonso recognizes that the over use of Internet has taken a stroll on people’s social skills. Research indicates that constant use of the internet results in small but significant increase in loneliness, stress and desolation and a decline in psychological well-being (qtd. in Affonso). Lately people waste most of their time in front of their computer or using their cell phones instead of spending quality time with their friends and family.
Although some may claim that technology has positively impacted our social
Cited: Affonso, Bob. Is the Internet Affecting the Social Skills of Our Children? 1 December 1999. 14 September 2011 <http://www.sierrasource.com/cep612/internet.html>. Yutaka, Yamauchi and Jean-Francois Coget. Untangling the Social Impact of the Internet: A Large-Scale Survey. 2002. 14 September 2011 <http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/acad_uni>.