The Influence Of Social Media

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11/21/2015
Technology runs widely and deeply to the people of the whole world in this age. Technology produces Social media and the Social media has changed people interactions for each other today. Social media is no different from TV, radio and other previous technology. Social media lets people able to connect on the computer, phone, and tablet. We can stay in touch with our friends all the time. Social media is good because it allows people to keep in touch with friends and family, finding jobs, information, and education.
Michael Prices states, “People today are more connected to one another than ever before in human history, thanks to Internet-based social networking sites and text messaging.” When Friends and families contact each other, …show more content…

Students also use technology for educational purposes. You can look up good schools if you are going off to college or moving to a new school. One can take an online application to join a university or a college. Online classes can be taken if one can’t make it to the on campus classes. Exam, test, and quizzes can also be taken online with the help of technology. From the Lowest level to the highest level of education get much help from technology. Using computers or iPads in school is a common thing today. Students do the homework with computer at home and submit in time with computer as well. That is the thing that I am doing it now …show more content…

But the more you use technology to communicate, the lonelier you are likely to be. That 's according to a recent survey conducted by Relationships Australia, a community-based support services organization. "Forty two per cent of Australians who used an average of four methods of technology to communicate [such as email, SMS, Facebook, Twitter] were lonely compared with 11 per cent of people who used only one," says Sue Miller, a manager at Relationships Australia Queensland. I think that this research proves the reality of using technology and its affect. I believe that face-to-face communication is the healthiest way of communication. I accept the following statement. "The quality of online communication is impoverished in comparison with the physical, real world face-to-face communication," says Dr Catriona Morrison, an experimental psychologist at the University of Leeds in England who has studied the link between depression and internet addiction. To conclude, technology has both positive impact and negative effect. Technology allows us to communicate with friends and families, find jobs online, share information, and use it for educational purposes. On the other hand, technology makes us feel lonely. As mentioned above, the more people use technology, the lonelier they

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