Social
networking has affected the way people express their intimacy with one another.
Many people focus on the bad ways that social networking has affected people,
such as blaming different social networking sites for the actions of their
unfaithful partners and an increase in divorce rates. Not all of the ways
social networking has affected people are bad.
Social
networking has provided us with websites such as Facebook, Instagram and
Twitter to help us connect with our friends and family. Many friendships have
rekindled with these social networking websites because friends who has lost
touch can now reconnect. These websites would also be able to exchange more
personal information such telephone numbers or an address as another way of
continuing to keep in touch after finding one another again. Your friends and
family can also be able to see what you update and how you’re doing in life at
that moment. It keeps them informed and in a way, still connected to you.
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter aren’t the only social networking that has
affected the way people express their intimacy, dating websites have also
became quite popular. Dating websites such as eHarmony, Match.com, and
Christian Mingle have helped millions of individuals find their intimacy with a
partner for life. Many have found love and others have been able to make
connections with people who have become lifelong friends. Social networking
hasn’t stopped there either. Social networking has also transferred in Apps to
our Smartphones. Now, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, eHarmony, and hundreds of
other social networking websites are just a click away! Having all of these
websites as an app on our smartphones has increased the ability to be able to
connect with people at all times. If someone didn’t have a cellphone, someone
could easily get ahold of them through their Facebook app on their cellphone.
People everywhere can have all access to all social networking websites that
they choose. They are always able to stay connected with their friends and
family members and increase their intimacy with whoever they want, whenever
they want.
I agree with your post completely. Most people focus on the negative aspects of social networking, when really it has just as many positive attributes to every day life. I personally think that each of these sites are helpful in keeping in contact with friends who have moved away after high school or even college for that matter. This hits home for me because my best friend is away at basic training school and I haven't been able to see her since July. She is able to contact me through social networking sites so that we can update one another on what is going on in our lives. I am not saying that there are not some negative cases to social networking, but I think the positives outweigh the negatives on all cases. I really agree with your post!
ReplyDeleteIn full agreement Michelle. I thought these social mediums were pretty cool at first, but then I started to hate how people would traps off into their little dark caves of MySpace, etc. I am a big people person and love to talk, but noticed that I wasn't being able to find time with people anymore as they had to go home and blog or whatever.
ReplyDeleteBut as time went on I found that I have reunited with friends from literally 20 years past, who I would otherwise never find. It has allowed for fast communication between buddies, family, and acquaintances from all over the world. Now I cannot imagine my life without this kind of instant connection, especially for those so far away.
Social media does indeed make temptation far greater to cheat on one's spouse or significant other. But it also might make it easier to catch a cheater red handed when they were always going to be that way. At the end of the day, there is no undoing all these innovations. We have to find a healthy way to adapt.
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