He talks about how social media is tied around weak ties, and how Twitter and Facebook is a good way to have many friends or stay in touch with people you usually wouldn’t. But he says that if can be a wonderful thing. “There is strength in weak ties, as the sociologist Mark Granovetter has observed. Our acquaintances--not our friends-- are our greatest source of new ideas and information” (407). Here he is trying to show the good in having loads of internet friends, but explain of that can be a bad thing.
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.
People connect through many different types of social media. With social media, you may be friends with or follow people that you don’t know personally. Someone that you don’t know personally is called a “weak tie”. In the short story, “I’m So Totally, Digitally, Close to You” written by Clive Thompson describes what weak ties are and how we use them in our everyday lives. Weak ties are an important part of today’s society because it helps connect people, it gives them a bigger social circle, and it expands their ability to solve problems.
People make themselves alienated by not getting themselves involved enough in their community and their loneliness grows day by day. By being lonely, they are exposed to every source of mental breakdown, and eventually lose ourselves to insanity and health issues. In Stephen Marche’s article, “Is Facebook making Us Lonely,” he claims loneliness is extremely bad for your health. He notes a lonely person ages faster, is more likely to be obese, less likely to survive a serious operation, more likely to have hormonal imbalances. Loneliness also brings about depression, bad sleep, and to suffer dementia and other general cognitive disorders (19).
In the essay, “Isolated by the Internet”, author Clifford Stoll explains that recent research, conducted by psychologists Robert Kraut and Vicki Lundmark, suggests that frequent use of the Internet has had a generally negative effect on the psychological well being of its users. Using examples from Kraut and Lundmark’s previously mentioned research, Stoll asks, “Will the proliferation of shallow, distant social ties make up for the loss of close local links?” The question Stoll raises here is entirely valid, and just as concerning; as the more time one spends online, the more time one subsequently spends alone, away from people he or she could be potentially interacting with. I believe Stoll’s concerns are completely justified as today, (falsely comforted by shallow, superficial relationships,
Over the years technology has played a tremendous role in society in terms of development and social interaction through communication and connecting people worldwide. One of the various and most common aspect is social media. In today's society, various issues have been arising from the continuous use of social media and modification. Recently, many researchers and writers have argued that social media is causing society to be disconnected rather than connecting. One of these writers; Award Honoree Roxanne Henke, Graduate of University of Mary, writer and newspaper humor columnist for Wishek star ND, and other Dakota newspapers have made this claim by asking "What's so social about social media".
Did you know Facebook actually can help kids and teens cross social boundaries? Still people think downloading an app makes people mean. Facebook doesn’t make people mean because kids and teens can make friendships, it can help keep in touch with old friends and family, and it can help build solid relationships. One way Facebook doesn’t make people mean is because kids can get closer and make more friendships with each other. In Scope magazine the article “ Is Facebook Making You Mean?”
In the article, “How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy”, the author, Maria Konnikova deals with the issue whether Facebook makes its users unhappy. She is being neutral as she does not use bias language in this article. She provides various researches which proved that Facebook does make its users unhappy. Besides, there are also research findings which proved that Facebook does give some benefits. The author used general languages through which she is being objective to inform the public about this issue.
With a population of just over 34 million people and 76.5% of those being internet users, Canada offers an internet population of more than 26 million people. (MVF Global, 2013) Here it is stated that the number of Facebook users in Canada is approximately 18 million which represents 53% of internet users. There is an average of 17 million YouTube visitors in Canada spending 25 minutes per visit and 4.3 million Twitter users spending around 10 minutes per visit. The most visited site remains Facebook which saw an increase of 7% although some of the social networking sites that saw the top gains in terms of unique visitors were HubPages (63%),
Social media causes isolation due to online bullying, lack of communication skills, and it distracts us from the real world. Social media causes isolation by online bullying. For example, people are posting negative comments about other people and telling them they are worthless on instagram, facebook and others. Due to all of the online bullying 42% of the teenage population and 20% of the child population have ended in suicide.
Social Media: Affects Relationships As technology progresses more and more, there have been great changes that have made our lives more easy and efficient. There are many advantages that technology has brought upon us, one in particular is the Internet. The Internet has allowed people to be connected quickly to information and be updated to the issues and happenings around us, but the social networks that have been invented to allow long distance connection have been resulting in negative outcomes for society and our generation. Social media gets in the way of building actual relationships, makes people become inauthentic about their lives and lowers their self-esteem, and has become a dangerous and threatening nature. During these days, it seems as if nobody can live without checking their social media accounts, whether it’s Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.
As the technology era change over time, the social media becomes an important part of our life. We use social media to connect with friends and family, also to found out the latest news or fashion trends. Especially after the great success of Facebook, many other social media follow along such as Snapchat and Instagram. Numerous young age children gradually sink into the virtual world of Social Media. According to the Pew Research Center survey, that majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram.
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.
Technology affects almost every aspect in our life. Nowadays people use computers and smart phones in their personal social activities, business, education, medical care, politics and, most of all, in entertainment. Needless to say that technology makes our life easier and is the major reason that helps people develop, especially technically, but it certainly affects our life negatively from a social perspective leading people to feel lonely. You don’t have to be physically alone to feel lonely.
People also stay connected and interact with one another, with their peers, people of similar interests, and even their family members. This helps strengthen their relationship even if they are busy with their daily routines. In addition, social media sites have become a platform for youth with similar interest or common discipline to get together, building connections and opportunities for their respective careers. Youth claims that social media not only makes their lives easier and efficient, it has become their lifestyle. While social media has seems to bring people together and help one another stay connected, it has created social isolation in regards to BBC News report.
