My article, Social Media: The Ties That Broaden And The Ties That Bind, talks about the fact that texting and technology takes more time away from staying in touch with people face-to-face.
It talks about how certain words like maybe could be an excuse for not wanting to hang out with the person because you know you could easily get away with it through text or IM when you don't have to deal with the person. The article states how it's not a bad idea to stay in touch through text or facebook with a family member far away or a long lost neighbor.
Although once technology becomes more of a factor through communication than from face-to-face conversations in a relationship, there are more personal information between the two people that could be lost. We don't really share actual emotion with people because texting and facebook doesn't equate to actual conversation. A emotion can't be deciphered through texting, but there are certain times when it is appropriate to use texting like when you're busy. An australian study showed that strong social ties create healthier brains because we are social by nature.
Do you, from your experience, think that texting/social networking sites can affect your relationships with people face to face?
9 comments:
I do think that texting/social networking sites do affect relationships with people face to face because people forget how to interact with people face to face. This generation is use to texting, and it is proven that we prefer talking through the internet or texting than face to face.
I definitely think that from my experiences, and from experiences I’ve noticed, texting and social networking effects the relationships of people face to face. Even though teenagers use these terms online; lol, lawl, rofl, smh, htc, hmu, bbl, and many more, they still say them in public and in normal conversations. This is a perfect example of how relationships between people are affected. I even seen kids in the hallways saying I L Y (I love you) to their boyfriend/girlfriend which is kind of pathetic if you ask me. If I hypothetically met a girl online and only talked to her online I would develop a sense of speech and mood from her. But once I would actually meet her she would turn out to be totally different. A lot of people send over exaggerated emotions through texts and instant messages. Tons of girls say how they love people for doing them a favor or bombard their cell phones with smiles and faces, but face to face they don’t even express these emotions. I.E. “Jake, can you please lend me $5? <3333”
I definitely do think that social networking is affecting how we interact with others in person, or how we don't. Many things that used to be done in person, or at least over the phone are now being done over social networking sites, instant messengers, and text messages.
-Tonya Salyerds
Yes, I believe texting/social networking can affect how people interact face to face. I feel this way because people can act a different way over texting or online than they would if you were actually talking to them.
-Katie May
I think texting and social networking sites can affect your relationships. I think for a lot of people it is easier to text or use social networks, but I think this is an impersonal way of communicating. I think it's difficult to tell what a person actually means when you're not talking face to face because you can't tell what their emotions are.
Sara Siviski
I believe texting/social networking sites can affect your relationships with people face to face because when either texting or on a social network site you may something that you usually wouldn’t say in person or feel comfortable saying. And also, people who mostly text and use social networks to communicate aren’t able to express their feelings face to face.
Olivia Marczyk
I think that yes, technology does screw with relationships between people. It makes it different when you see the person face-to-face. I think that texting is something that ruins relationships because people hide behind it and then they don't bother showing emotions. So, therefore you lose your connection in person.
Yes, I do think that it messes with two peoples relationship because sometimes the right point doesn't get across in the way someone wants it to leading to a misinterpretation. Texting and social networking also make it easy to lie because when you're face to face there are simple signs and it's harder to lie.
i think from my own experiences that facebook and all other technological forms of communication ruine your face to face relationships. although they enable us to sit at home, eat icecream, do homework, and tak to three people at once, once you get out of the technology realm and actually get togheter with these people, you find you have nothing to talk about. the connection you might find wiht people through texting or email is different than the one you get face to face.
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