What is the role of
interpersonal communication in our lives? How does technology shape society and
transform the future (good or bad)? Why do we have relationships with others?
To what extent do we need them? What do our relationships with others say about
who we are? What rules or morals guide what we say to other people? How
important is it to think about how others see and think of us? How does that
shape how we think of ourselves?
A major stepping stone in my life that greatly transformed and expanded
interpersonal communication was the creation of Facebook. This creation greatly affected my life in
numerous ways. I quickly became addicted to the website because I was so
intrigued by it. I always wanted to see what my friends were doing at all times
when I was at home. I also always wanted to see what pictures and statuses my
friends posted to see what they were doing. I also liked posting pictures and
posting my own statuses. Facebook became a website that people used to show off
and show what they were doing at all times. People tried to have as many
friends as possible even if they didn’t really know who they were. People tried
to post cool statuses and cool pictures to try to be cool. I also loved talking
to my friends online on Facebook chat. Everyone always went online after school
or at night to talk. I have used Facebook as a source for school projects as
well because almost everyone has it, so it is an easy source to communicate
about the project. I also got in the habit of doing my homework by my laptop. I
always had Facebook up while I was doing my homework. Every couple minutes I
would check Facebook to see who was online, what new statuses were posted, or
what new pictures were uploaded. I loved being so interconnected to my friends
at all time. I thought it was a wonderful thing. However, the negative of all
this is multi-tasking/doing so many things all at once (Facebook, music, and homework
all at the same time), which made it hard to do as well on my homework because
I was distracted by Facebook and other things. However, I got accustomed to it
quickly. I also put off my homework sometimes just to go on Facebook and see
the homepage. I got addicted to it very quickly, which was good in some sense
and bad in some ways as well. Another negative was wasting so many hours on
Facebook daily, when I could be using my time more wisely. Some positives of Facebook
and the update of technology was that I always had a wonderful source of
information that I could use on my schoolwork. Also, I could talk to my friends
in a more efficient way, instead of always calling or texting them on the phone.
Technology was expanding so quickly, and Facebook was changing and expanding
(becoming better) every day. Facebook has greatly expanded communication and
technology in so many wonderful ways for our society. However, it has caused
some problems as well. It has shaped society in positive ways by giving people
an easy way to communicate, post pictures, talk to friends, post what you are
doing at all times, and way more. Some negatives, however, are having such a complex
technological source at your fingertips at all times. Nothing is private
anymore. Anything on the internet is
there forever. You can post inappropriate pictures of other people, and that
person in the picture would get in trouble. Past generations would never have
to worry about any of this because they never had so complex technology. Also, humans
have access to communication at all times, which may not be a good thing. This
is because you are always active doing something and always feel the need to
use technology. You don’t get alone time or privacy anymore. People always feel
the need to use technology and can’t go any days or hours without it because people
have gotten so used to it and accustomed to it.
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