Just as the article, “Antisocial
networking?” in the New York times suggests that technologies are used for
communicating to each other at a fast rate. Unlike before when all interactions
were face to face, time has only created a way to stay in contact at all times.
The benefits also stated in this article are that close relationships are
important for developing connections in the real world. There is a constant
change in technology which I see as both a blessing and curse. I believe
technology has opened up a new door for possibilities we only imagined at a
time such as the telephone, which has developed a lot.
I do see the side of the “dark side” of technology though. “Is Myspace
Good for Society? A freakonomics Quorum” in the New York times brought to the
light this idea that we need disconnection sometimes because then it makes us realize
how dependent we are on technology and connections with other people. As
people, we spend a lot of time on our phones, on the internet, and get
distracted to what goes on outside of the phone. I believe technology is good
and has brought us all together and closer as a society but I also feel we are
reliant on it too much.
Antisocial Networking? by Hilary
Stout, New York Times, May 2, 2010, p. ST1. Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/fashion/02BEST.html
Is MySpace Good for Society? A
Freakonomics Quorum by Stephen J. Dubner. NYT Feb 15, 2008 http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/is-myspace-good-for-society-a-freakonomics-quorum
I agree that technology and social networking have allowed us to the do the unimaginable and stay in close communication with people across the world. This is such a huge breakthrough for so many students in our own school who are international students and can use social networking to keep in touch with their friends and family at home.
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