To further convince the reader, Ludden uses a study referenced in a journal by the credible Duke University psychologist, Jenna Clark. The study addresses college students and how the more Facebook friends that freshman had, the less socially adjusted they felt, whereas with seniors, the more Facebook friends they had, the more socially adjusted they felt (Ludden). This was due to a majority of the freshmans' friends being friends from high school or back home, whereas most of the seniors' friends were friends that they had made in college, therefore they were more connected with them because they interacted with them both online and in person. This study makes it easier to understand how the effect that social media has on you fully depends on your use of it. It makes sense that one would feel isolated and less connected to their environment when they are spending their free time connecting with those who aren’t around them.
In her document “ The Fakebook Generation,” later to be published in the New York Times on October 6, 2007, Alice Mathias enters the topic of the most used social networking service worldwide, Facebook. Mathias debates on Facebook’s claim of being a forum for “genuine personal and professional connections” and tries to influence her readers to ask themselves if the website really promotes human relationships. The author illustrates in her document the power and impact Facebook had on the population by convincing to be “a place of human connectivity,” but states her idea of Facebook missing its real reason of enriching human connectivity. Mathias goes on how Facebook became more as an “online community theater” than a functional service tool. She provided examples like people who announce relationships with Chinese food in their status in order to make others laugh instead of providing useful updates.
Society today is mainly focused on social media and how many followers/friends you have. Making friends online is much easier in person because it just takes one click and done, you just made a new friend. The virtual number of friends/followers we have on social media can effect an individual self-confidence. In the article “Facebook in a Crowd,” Hal Niedzviecki is a man who does not have many real friends that he connects with, he was a workaholic with a 2-year old child at home.
Some people struggle to find who their true friends are and who they can rely on the most. In the book The Debs by Susan McBride, Laura has trouble accepting who she is and knowing who she can count on. Her best friends always try to make sure she is okay and doesn’t get bullied at school. This helps her grow and achieve her goals throughout the story. The theme of this story is, your true friends will always have your back and accept who you are.
Examining how society went from the simple Gutenberg Press to the something as complex as the internet and its aftermath like Zuckerberg’s Facebook is a significant time period to examine. From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: Disruptive Innovation in the Age of the Internet by John Naughton, he examines mass production, aftermath of Gutenberg, the complexity of our new reality and copyright laws just to name a few topics. While discussing these topics, he takes a particular interest on our relationship with the internet and how we are still learning it ourselves. This idea of the internet is more than just a net as it appears but it is indeed the worldwide web. Naughton also takes time to explains his thoughts on society- internet coexistence, his fears of over-dependency on the internet and us becoming these hamsters on this nonstop wheel being driven by click bait on every page we come across.
I grew up in a world where I was surrounded by technology. Growing up I received my first flip phone at the end of elementary school. I still remember the exact device, it was a T-Mobile Sidekick and I loved it. It was so cool to just flip it open and was the screen rotate upwards and reveal the keyboard.
In Cynthia Selfe 's essay she emphasized how access to technology and how its used have impacted how we write and communicate with each other. The two software platforms I will be focusing on are Facebook and Twitter. Both of these platforms are very similar, yet they have a lot of differences as well. On Facebook, people can post status updates, share pictures and message your friends. Facebook is a way for people to stay connected and voice their opinions to their friends and family.
Constantly being active on Facebook may end up being the site's worst nightmare. In Maria Konnikova's September 10, 2013, The New Yorker article "How Facebook makes us unhappy" she informs us about the negative effects that Facebook has on some of the users. Logging on and having the free will to connect with all of the people you know is what is intended upon when using the site. Although, Konnikova's studies show that most people get on and look at the success and growth of others which then cause unhappiness, loneliness, and envy. Which in other words, without us knowing it, makes us unhappy.
In order to evaluate the contribution of qualitative research on friendship, it is crucial to define and have some background of friendship, define and understand qualitative approach and then evaluate its contribution to friendship research. Friendship is considered to be one of the pillars of day to day life starting from childhood to very old age. Friendship is a complex endeavour and can be difficult to define as it may have different meanings to different people at different times. Friendship has different stages and occurs inversely in different stages of life i,e childhood, adolescence, and adulthood friend, long-term friend, best friend, good friend, school friend, college friend and etc. Friendship is a mutual trust and support between
The Effect of Friendship As the Chinese proverb about an invisible thread says, some people are destined to meet each other. This was the case in the excerpt from An Invisible Thread, written by Laura Schroff, as her close friend, Maurice, recounts the details of when he, as a young boy, met Laura during the time of when he was begging on the streets for change. As the story continues, both Laura and Maurice use a first-person point of view to share what their experience in the relationship has been, and how far they have come. As a result of this, they help us understand their relationship to a greater extent by expressing their true feelings and how they benefited from the relationship.
Whilst the prowess of having more friends can make our life more fulfilling than being alone, making friendships or friendships alone are hardly attainable; We make friends with the ones we might come across with, or we simply make friends with the ones that are connected to our souls. However, in the article of “Friends, Good Friends, and such Good Friends”, by Judith Viorst, she took another approach to redeem “friendships” differently in her life. By categorization, she mentioned that there are eight categories that were used to define the purpose of having a friendship, the depth of a friendship, and the encounter of a friendship. Although many will judge the perception of having friends by putting them into the bracket of categorization, I feel it is justified to make friends based on places, events and most importantly, luck. Truthfully to be said, it is not easy to make friends whom you can
Information and communication technology has seen lot of changes and advancements since the year 2000, key among them being the development of social media as a social influencer. It has become prominent parts of life for many young people today. We are all aware that social media has had a tremendous impact on our culture, in business, on the world-at-large and social media websites are some of the most popular haunts on the internet. Most people engage with social media without stopping to think what the effects are on our lives, whether positive or negative. Are we as society becoming more concerned with Facebook “friends” than we are with the people we interact with face-to-face in our daily lives?
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.
Hook: (scenario)INTRO Imagine this: you are feeling down because you have an issue with your family and you need someone to talk to but there is nobody. The problem will get worse and worse, generating more sadness and self-hate towards your self. This is the scenario of a person who does not have a true friend to talk with. Friendship has a big impact on the well-being of a teenager life.
These immediacy of instant communication tools may provide a platform for everyone to voice out and share feelings and thoughts. Social skills and interpersonal relationships may be shaped as we are virtually in touch with the entire world and social networking sites are deemed to be the most efficient and effective mean of communication we have ever had. Social networking sites like Whatsapp, Facebook and Youtube have become such a part and parcel of our daily routines that seems that it is very essential for us now. Therefore, social networking sites have changed our social life
