When you wake up in the morning the first thing that can come
to some people’s minds are that they need to check their Facebook account, or
start updating the world on their twitter account, or turn on their favorite
T.V. program, all this might seem like an ordinary day in the life of a person
growing up in today’s fast paced technological advanced environment but when
did updating a status trump running around outside with our younger
generation. More and more kids are turning to social media to express themselves
rather than directly expressing themselves face to face with peers.
The article above stresses the importance of face to face
communication and how it is the best form of communication. The younger
generation today is more used to using cellphones and texting than
communicating directly, I have experienced situations personally when I would
be in the room with a group of people and two of them would be sitting in the
same room texting EACHOTHER! I can’t believe that even when faced with the opportunity
to converse face to face some people chose ulterior ways than the basic way
they have been taught.
Social media has advanced the way people communicate but it
also has taken a very important piece of communication away and that is the
direct communication that comes with an in person conversation. If our
generation is growing up with the idea that online communication, texting or
emailing are better forms of communicating then what will happen in years to
come, do we no longer have interviews for job positions? Isn’t meeting someone
and talking to them in person a way of measuring a person’s social capabilities
as well as their intellectual capabilities. Social media has impacted our day
to day lives and also has bridged a gap between a lot of communication issues
but youths today still need to be reminded that not all communication of ideas
or thoughts needs to be directed to social media outlets, that they can express
themselves with one another in person and get the same response if not a better
response that is more positive than feedback that is presented online or in an
email that’s more impersonal. Maybe if we recognize and use the social learning
theory to set an example it could prove to be more responsive, that
communication no matter the way is important and direct communication is an
even better way to express one’s ideas and thoughts and to get that positive in
person feedback is way more gratifying.
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