The influence of social media on our generation’s communication plays an important role. It has become an integral part of our daily lives.
Today social media and networking sites have taken communication to a new level. They have tremendous impact on the world, our culture and business.
Social media websites are the most popular on the internet, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok etc. These are places where people can easily interact with others and expose themselves to strangers. On such platforms anybody can expresses ones opinion, feelings, thoughts etc.
Our generation and the youth have more opportunities to grow up with enhancement in technology. That will shape their lives, personalities, communication skills in a new way.
But it also benefits by bringing people from all over the world closer together. Therefore, new social connections are created.
Social networking, such as Facebook and Twitter, is a great way for people to communicate, but it also reduces face-to-face interaction.
Face-to-face interaction is the foundation of human communication that allows us to build trust and clarity.
Technology is advancing day by day with smart phones, smart TVs etc. So, when we use these smart technologies, we also need to be a smart consumer so that we don’t depend on these things to fulfill our demand.
Moment of thought
Social networking will be a great tool for this modern society if we use it wisely and fundamentally. For our generation today and especially for children, parents should spend more time talking to their children face-to-face and listening to what they want to share on social media instead of communicating with strangers through electronic devices.
Social media can turn to be a curse if we use it to kill time and to watch useless content. In today’s developed era we need to rethink, where we are going.
Social media attributes also leads to some problems that reduce social interaction, out door physical pursuits. It negatively affect students’ academic activities. It has snatch the books from hands and replace it with smart phones.
Social media making us narcissistic and lonely
Social media has make us impractical. We have forget to be realistic. We have unfortunately learn to be narcissistic. It is a showcase of your life and a general reflection of your personality. Therefore, of course you’re inclined to make it as perfect as possible.
It encourages people to share details of every day moment of their lives.
We feel empowered by likes and comments and frustrated when those interactions are lacking. We’ve become isolated behind screens, with most of our interactions online rather than face-to-face. No one knows the sorrow hidden behind the happy face. We have start living double persona, completely different in offline world.
Social media distancing us from each other
Being around people doesn’t always preclude the need to be connected to the media. In most cases, it’s rude, even though we can’t stop thinking about it.
Flipping through Instagram during a conversation is a good way to show the other party that you’re not entirely interested in what they have to say.
Love it or hate it, almost everything has become a social media tool. It’s almost impossible to ignore, but not necessarily the most used.
Viral trends make people heroes over the night, while real heroes never could get recognition which they deserve.
Remember to enjoy the little pleasures in life. Share that photo of the delicious cake you made, but don’t forget to actually enjoy it. Or share your beautiful trips but actually inhale the beauty of nature also. Most necessarily all such sharing should be pure from show-ff.
Be smart enough to control these social media apps to drive fruitful results instead of being Marionette.
