Social Media Affecting Human Interaction

http://thoughtcatalog.com/jessica-serra/2014/09/social-media-is-destroying-quality-human-interaction/

After taking the time to do thorough research on social media, I settled on making a break down of different categories and perspectives on how social media has ravaged society. The first conclusion I have come to is that it is slowly slackening human interactions. According to Sherry Turkle, a professor at MIT, “social media is just a metaphor for real life.” What this means is that most people believe that communications such as the Internet will bring an endless amount of joy after a very lengthened day but in actuality, it makes our lives more arduous, not effortless. One thing that we lose with having our faces buried in our devices is our skills and capabilities to verbally speak to a person. As a result, you wont find many garrulous people in this world. 

         People are becoming too absorbed with the cyber world. Instead of living in reality they take the form of living on the Internet. Most people may not realize it but this could cause additional, unnecessary stress to their lives; they have tension about what their appearance to the outside world is. Overall, social media is taking away the precious moments that should be spent with family or friends. We are missing out on the greater thing in life because we are constantly replying to messages or checking our feed. However humanity is to blame for the invention of technology; we are also evolving because of technological advances. This should not mean we depend on technology for everything and use it as an escape from this real, beautiful world.

Social Media basically gives everyone his or her own little audience. People become so self absorbed with it, that life itself eventually becomes nothing but an ongoing performance; to the point that they simply go through life looking for the next opportunity to provide something funny, insightful or witty to say in the hopes of appeasing their audience. Technology makes them think they are more connected, but the more they use it, the more disconnected from real life they actually become. 

Serra, Jessica. "Social Media Is Destroying Quality Human Interaction." Thought Catalog. 2014. Web 22 Apr. 2016.