I have decided to write my argumentative essay on how Facebook and other social media are destroying much needed communication skills. I have found the following article, which raises up a lot of great points.
http://www.thedaonline.com/opinion/social-networking-hurts-the-communication-skills-of-college-students-1.1689315
The article talks about how social networking hurts the communication skills of college students. Students have become more comfortable sending an email to their professor rather than speak to them face to face. Face-to-face communication has become a foreign concept to many people because of social media sites such as Facebook and twitter. Basically the article states that social networking has destroyed the link between face and voice.
At first I didn't realize that Facebook could cause so much damage in the way we communicate but after doing some research I can completely understand why people are so worried about our generation. So many people rather hide behind their computer screen than have a face to face conversation. I found the validity of the writer's arguments to be the most interesting.
This is controversial because a lot of people are going to disagree and say that social networking enhances communications between individuals.
I don't really have any questions as of right now because I need to do more research on the topic to become more informed.
I totally agree with this article. I know I just Facebook chat a lot of my friends instead of calling them or something. It also is a lot easier to talk about something important if you are not face to face with someone but that completely gets rid of the personal-ness of a conversation.
ReplyDeletehi friend! I really like what youre writing about and I cant wait to read it. I have thought a lot about how much the future will be effected by our new and improved social networks. Like how will our kids communicate? Weird. Goodluck!
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