I really enjoyed this video. The speaker made some excellent points on
face-to-face communication versus texting and social media. Like I
mentioned in my post about the article, I am a huge people person. I
like constantly being surrounded by people. The speakers point about
feeling lonely is something I can relate to. When I lay down at night
and can’t fall asleep I turn to my phone for companionship as I check
all of my social media sites. It’s crazy to think that we are choosing
our phones over real friendships. We all strive to have great
friendships and a great relationship but if we are always connected on
our phones how are we ever going to achieve that? I am speaking to
myself when I say these things because I am guilty of choosing my phone
over real authentic community and conversations with others.
Technology is becoming more advance every day. It is changing the way we
communicate to people and how we view friendships, maybe even the very
nature of friendships. For me, I will always prefer face-to-face
conversations. I am a huge people person and I love being surrounded by
people all the time. I only text people when I feel like it’s not
important enough to call them. For people who are shy, like mentioned in
the article, Facebook could be something that is beneficial for helping
them come out of their shell and meet new people. Facebook has created a
way for us to be friends without ever really talking to each other in
person. Facebook has also created a way for us to keep in touch with
past friendships or long distance friendships. In that way, it is
changing the very nature of friendships and how we can keep in touch.
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