The document discusses how technology has changed lifestyles and communication over the past 30 years. While technology provides advantages like easy global communication through social media and phones, it can also increase social isolation as people spend more time looking at screens instead of interacting face to face. However, technology does not necessarily cause isolation if used in moderation and to connect to community events.
The document discusses how technology has changed lifestyles and communication over the past 30 years. While technology provides advantages like easy global communication through social media and phones, it can also increase social isolation as people spend more time looking at screens instead of interacting face to face. However, technology does not necessarily cause isolation if used in moderation and to connect to community events.
The document discusses how technology has changed lifestyles and communication over the past 30 years. While technology provides advantages like easy global communication through social media and phones, it can also increase social isolation as people spend more time looking at screens instead of interacting face to face. However, technology does not necessarily cause isolation if used in moderation and to connect to community events.
technology has totally modified our lifestyle, which includes the way of working, communicating, and interacting with each over. Nobody denies the advantages of new technologies such as internet or mobile phones. Nowadays its very easy to start communicating with a person which may be located even overseas. The use of social media networks provides opportunities to meet new friends whom we can meet later in real life. On the other hand, these technologies have some disadvantages. One of them is being the increasing isolation of the people. To notice that, take a look at the people in the public places or public transport, especially teens. Have you notice? The most part is with their eyes fixed on their gadget's screens. So there are several causes of social isolation of these people. Usually they spend too much time using gadgets, which means the reduction of communication with real people. While speaking in real life, we are being in both contacts (psychical and physical) with our interlocutor. That means a better perception of the dialog. Whereas, digital devices neglect human interaction. So, are we social isolated? And is it really that bad? Well it depends on the way we are using new technologies and social media networks. They provide the option to discover many community events. Therefore as long as we control the ways and the period of time we use it, they dont cause the isolation from society.
Nowadays the way many people interact with each other has changed because of technology in what ways has technology affected the types of relationships people make? Has this become a positive of negative development?