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The Impact of Media

In the day that we stand today, we are presented with far more conveniences than ever before; one of these conveniences being social media. Its taken us a time to get where we are currently at with technology and media, but I think we can all agree that it has its major advantages. Thanks to email and texting we can contact someone from almost anywhere in the world at an instant, and even have an almost real face to face conversation through video chat. Its a given that media is supposed to be a major venue we use to strengthen and build connections with one another.. But is that what really happens as a result? Studies show that social media often does the opposite in which what we intend to do with it- it disconnects us from our peers. On an article posted by CBC, they feature a study that was done on teens and social media, "In her own research, Greenfield has found that young people feel socially supported by having large networks of on-line friends, and these are not necessarily friends they ever see face-to-face."(http://www.cbc.ca). We often get so caught in the media aspect itself, that we strain the actual relationships we are involved in. Staying too plugged into these sites cause damage to how we opperate in the social realm. In an article posted by the NY Times, psychologist Sherry Turkle tells us that "In lacking conversations, we also have fewer opportunities to self-reflect. Children develop in the context of a relationship. Emotions drive behavior and are central in all relationships". In the picture we see something that we encounter everyday- less literal contact between to people and more disconnected "socialiazing". Like everything, media is great when used in appropriate proportions; but things have scaled out to way greater than anticipated, and its hurting how we live with one another.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/social-media-affecting-teens-concepts-of-friendship-intimacy-1.2543158

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/opinion/the-antisocial-effects-of-social-media.html

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