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Is Web 2.0 making us anti-social?

Going back in time when technology wasn't around and we had conversations and met up and was being social-able. Now a days how many of you have everything on electrical devises? I know I do!! I use my phone and Ipad for literally everything. My music for classes, Banking, my dairy etc. Even though technology makes everything so much easier, is it in fact making us anti-social? 

With technology and Web 2.0 always developing making it easier for people to maintain consent connection with friends and family through social media, which people are doing. "The problem, they say, is that we spend so much time maintaining superficial connections online that we aren’t dedicating enough time or effort to cultivating deeper real-life relationships." (n.a. 2015) I have to admit I do use social networking a lot to keep in touch with friends and work colleges. It just makes it so much easier knowing that they are a instant message away when needing an answer or organizing a trip. 

You can't always tell what messages/emails are meaning. They could be miss interpreted or get lost in transit. I am always double checking my emails but sometimes if its late at night, most of them don't actually make any sense! wouldn't it just be easier to have face to face conversations? but again using instant messaging is always your easiest, fastest and first choice. I would love to here your ideas and thoughts on this topic? Do you think technology is making us anti-social?




Reference
  • n.a. (2015). Is Technology Making People Less Sociable?. Available: https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-technology-making-people-less-sociable-1431093491. Last accessed 10/03/17.

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  1. Paula NottinghamSaturday, March 25, 2017

    I think this is a very useful debate for us to have Ronnia who was the author? are there others out there who have done research on that topic?

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    1. UnknownSunday, March 26, 2017

      I have referenced where I got the quote from on this blog, unfortunately it didn't give a author but this is something I would definitely research and look into it more!

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