In the article “Social Media: The Screen, the Brain, and Human Nature” written by Justin Vinh argues that social media creates an atmosphere of loneliness and depression linked to social media use. He believes that this deteriorates the mental health of teenagers, who, as a result, have become isolated. Although some might say that social media connects people more, however, Vinh claims that technology has caused us to become more disconnected. Justin makes a great point when he states, “social media welcomes its users to compare themselves to their peers, and it compels them to try to outdo their opponents” (Vinh 4). The statement he makes is valid because social media became competitive.
In his article, Ludden argues that whether or not social media affects your loneliness depends on what you do with it. He examines studies that present that those who use social media to connect with friends who are farther from them experience more loneliness than those who use it to connect with friends who are closer to them. He also claims that the use of social media to examine other people’s activities and lives without participating can increase loneliness and socially awkwardness in the real world, especially when this is being done to compare one's own life to others. Overall, the key to his argument is that the effect of social media on one’s loneliness depends on their social skills and what they are using it for. One of the first rhetorical appeals brought out in Ludden’s article is the appeal to pathos.
Also, Social media exceedingly provides resources for individuals to get more involved and feel less public alienation in the society. In both articles, Aria and The Hungry Got food, The Homeless Got, the individuals in the community was involved with each other and felt more involved in the society. The author start going to the protest more and votunnteer his time to help the community. The family made each other feel involved by spending time together. The article “is Facebook making us lonely” by Stephen Marche argues that social media like Facebook can make individuals feel isolated, but social media can also be beneficial to the individuals to get more involved in the community if individuals use it correctly.
Facebook Friendonomics by Scott Brown Scott Brown, a writing critique, in his essay “Facebook Friendonomics” implies that social media, such as Facebook, has changed the definition of friendships. He refers how friendships online are distant and lacks the value of a physical friendship. His purpose is to show how Facebook makes friendships expandable and weakens real-life connections. He uses diction to negative connotation to convince his audience that online friends lack the personal growth compare to proper friendship. Brown’s argument effectively motivates people to put aside their devices, met face-to-face, and fulfill the values of a proper friendship.
Picking out the emphasis of the study and reporting on the possibility of a causation relationship gives a misleading premise to the otherwise well summarized article, priming the reader to interpret the correlation as perhaps more explanatory than it actually is. The choice to emphasize quotes from Primack about exercising caution and self-monitoring use are likely to give a bit of sensational tone to the findings, and to cause concern. Despite this nudge to take the results as a place for advice, Rapaport does do a particularly good job at pointing out that nothing has been proved and that other explanations should be considered. Although she briefly quotes Dr. Shakya on saying that there are shown to be some positive correlations between social media use and close relationships, she seems to emphasize more so that there are other reasons that lonely people would be using social media. Rapaport’s article does not fall into the mistake of over-attributing causation and proof to the study, but it does omit the numbers of the actual findings in such a way that can mislead readers.
In Kate Dailey 's article, “Friends with Benefits: Do Facebook Friends Provide the Same Support as Those in Real Life?” Dailey compares real life friends to friends who people acquire on social media. She makes the argument that social media serves as an amplification, but not an alternative, to a “real life” social life. Dailey took this topic into her own hands by conducting polls on her personal Facebook page to get the opinions of her so-called friends on whether Facebook friends show the same support as real life friends. From these polls, Dailey came to the conclusion that though Facebook did not create friends, it provided people with virtual acquaintances.
In the article “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” author Stephen Marche thesis is “Social media—from Facebook to Twitter—have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggest that we have never been lonelier (or more narcissistic)—and that this loneliness is making us mentally and physically ill. A report on what the epidemic of loneliness is doing to our souls and our society.” Marche goes into tons of detail on everything included on this thesis, in the passage.
In the article, “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?”, Sherry Turkle argues her opinion on why social media sites are making us lonely. Turkle claims that though Facebook, among other media sites, is supposed to help us connect and interact with others, it is making us feel alone. I disagree with her opinion, as I believe it is our own fault if we isolate ourselves and spend so much time on social media that we neglect spending time with real people. The loneliness that we have the option to give into can be prevented, and it isn’t the internet’s fault, it’s ours.
Having this accessibility to other people lives can cause “perceived social isolation”, a term that Walton says “is one of the worst things for [people]” (Walton). This perceived social isolation correlates with “the more time people spent on these sites, the more socially isolated they perceived themselves to be” (Walton). Walton demonstrated the irony in this term by explaining that despite people having a means to communicate with others through the use of social media, our human nature to compare ourselves to others takes over our mental view of oneself in society, making us think we are alone when in reality we are not. One can only imagine that with this environment of constant comparison and sadness, depression can easily creep in. But with sadness and depression, comes jealousy and envy, which is another aspect of social media that causes us, users, to have a poor mental
She states that the Internet seemed to make the users feel more alienated. To support her assumption, she provides research findings which confirmed that the use of Internet had a significant detrimental effect of overall well-being. Facebook also cause problems in relationships, by increasing feelings of jealousy. A group of researchers
For some readers, it is surprising to read what March has to say about whether or not social media is making people lonelier in “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” Marche believes that the more connected people are to social media, the lonelier they become. As a result of loneliness, some people die from it such as the actress, Yvette Vickers, who starred in the Attack of the 50 Foot Woman. In this article, Marche points out that despite the “social”
Before human developed social networking, people use the paper to write something to tell someone with mail. Nowadays, we are using social networking such as Facebook messenger and G-mail to talk someone quickly instead waiting mail for long time to receive. It makes our live simple, but it may seem harmful. There are some ways social networking may affect our mental health. In 2012, Medical News Today reported on a study suggesting “Facebook use may feed anxiety and increase a person's feeling of inadequacy.”
Many people, especially young people, have been consumed with the use of social networking. Nobody can take their eyes off of their phones, and that has resulted in real relationship connections withering. When a family is eating together or watching a movie in the living room to have some family bonding time, children lose attention and instead focus more on what 's going on in social media. When people hang out with their friends, they are still consumed with their phones even though
Instagram provides a medium for young adults to escape from their loneliness, or lack of social connection, through browsing and broadcasting. Young adults are attracted to the realm of Instagram and endless browsing that they disconnect from the community around them and delve into an alternate reality, this is evident in a journal article about how young adults are “motivated to pursue relaxation, avoid the troubles they encounter in reality, and peek at others’ photographs” (Lee et al., 559). In a journal article, Yang concludes that Instagram broadcasting leads to an increased loneliness, even though broadcasting is an interactive element of Instagram (706). This further elaborates that broadcasting does not create meaningful relationships with others and that young adults are still disconnected from society, which leads them to pursue virtual relationships through Instagram. This is a cycle that leads into more loneliness and it reinforces more browsing and broadcasting.
People whom are on Social Media are twice as likely to feel isolated. As the internet has grown people are seeing it in different light. The name “Social Media” was give as these sites were to bring people together and make them more included in today’s society. Experts on the topic say that in certain areas it’s quite helpful, while others argue how it’s keeping the younger generation away from face to face socializing and making them far more isolated. People feel more inclined to share opinions about SM because of its high impact on today’s online age.
