Importance Of Conversations In A Tech Savvy World

Conversations In a Tech Savvy World
Technology has changed the way society does everything. However society perceives this change can be positive or negative. One major way social media has changed society is our newly developed communication style. Now instead of sending letters, IPhones and texting are growing in popularity. Instead of talking face to face there is Facetime or instant messaging. Smartphones are changing every aspect of life such as shopping, interacting, and sending photos. “The internet has taken away the wonderment that is a personal life.” (Limottait) Whether this is a bad thing or not, the change is evident. People can stay connected to loved ones thousands of miles away through Facebook or Twitter, but can be distracted

In Jill Suttie’s interview of Sherry Turkle the author of the book Reclaiming Conversations, Turkle states, “ 89% of Americans say that during their last social interaction, they took out a phone, and 82% said that it deteriorated the conversation that they were in.” People seem unable to stay focused in the conversations they are in. Cell phones allow people to text instead talking face to face, but now even calling seems obsolete.” For the first time, the amount of data sent with mobile data exceeded the sum of transmitted voice data.” (Vanderbilt) The interview of Turkle also explores various different aspects on “How Smartphones Are Killing Conversations,” it develops the importance of technology but also the downfall because the change in

Facebook and Instagram can help viewers connect with the person who updated their status. They can help users stay in touch with family and friends from across the country without ever talking in person to them. “I’m more concerned about people for whom social media becomes a kind of substitute, who literally post something on Facebook and just sit there and watch whether they get 100 likes on their picture, whose self-worth and focus becomes dictated by how they are accepted, wanted, and desired by social media.” (Suttie) Social media can either destroy conversations or help build them depending on how it is being used. Conversations are destroyed because people are to focused on getting likes on their post or keeping Snapchat streaks to focus on the ones standing right in front of them ready to talk. However if conversations are made by talking to someone far away through social media it helps connect them when distance separates them. Social media can also be a great gateway to other aspects of the