essay on Connect to Disconect
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Social Media – A Life More Connected or Disconnected
We are surrounded by technology, and it is progressing for our own good. But, excess of anything starts to take a toll on our personal lives without us even noticing. Same is the case with social media. Previously, the word ‘social’ used to refer a person who attends social gatherings, get-togethers, and spends quality time with relatives, friends, etc. But, now its definition has changed completely because of technology innovation. Suddenly a person is considered social if he or she is spends hours active on social media, rarely even interacting with those friends off-line.
Do we really need these social websites to interact with the people we love? What about that love, care, and concern that we used to show before, meeting face to face? Social media can never take that place of personal interactions. It is not that they are not good at all, they definitely help us to remain connected with people, but the increased involvement of social media in life is somewhere making us forget about the warmth and love of real life connections.
Even when we do plan a dinner outside with friends or a family, a large chunk of that time is eaten up on smartphones, checking the social status or activities of our friends online. We are the generation of less talk and more surf. Often forgetting to compliment each other face to face, we never forget to like a status, photo, or send a Facebook birthday wish to those friends we’d otherwise perhaps not remember. Instead of thinking about the people right across from us, we remain more concerned about the interactions of friends online. Does our online social life overpower our real social life or supplement it? Is the convenience of digital interaction replacing the intimacy of our relationships?
This increased presence of social media has put both positive and negative effects on our lives. Where on one hand it has created a positive impact in keeping us more updated and informed, it is also negatively affecting the morality of people, as per the survey of Pew Research Center
We are surrounded by technology, and it is progressing for our own good. But, excess of anything starts to take a toll on our personal lives without us even noticing. Same is the case with social media. Previously, the word ‘social’ used to refer a person who attends social gatherings, get-togethers, and spends quality time with relatives, friends, etc. But, now its definition has changed completely because of technology innovation. Suddenly a person is considered social if he or she is spends hours active on social media, rarely even interacting with those friends off-line.
Do we really need these social websites to interact with the people we love? What about that love, care, and concern that we used to show before, meeting face to face? Social media can never take that place of personal interactions. It is not that they are not good at all, they definitely help us to remain connected with people, but the increased involvement of social media in life is somewhere making us forget about the warmth and love of real life connections.
Even when we do plan a dinner outside with friends or a family, a large chunk of that time is eaten up on smartphones, checking the social status or activities of our friends online. We are the generation of less talk and more surf. Often forgetting to compliment each other face to face, we never forget to like a status, photo, or send a Facebook birthday wish to those friends we’d otherwise perhaps not remember. Instead of thinking about the people right across from us, we remain more concerned about the interactions of friends online. Does our online social life overpower our real social life or supplement it? Is the convenience of digital interaction replacing the intimacy of our relationships?
This increased presence of social media has put both positive and negative effects on our lives. Where on one hand it has created a positive impact in keeping us more updated and informed, it is also negatively affecting the morality of people, as per the survey of Pew Research Center
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