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David, I enjoyed reading your discussion post this week and found it to have a lot of truth. It is hard these days to research information on anything but the internet. I realize that all of my books are online and I often go to various websites to research for discussion boards without much thought. I think we often can fall into a rut where we believe what we read because it is time consuming to do any more research and we can just collect the information already put together and move about our day. It isn’t the best thing to do but this is the age of social media and we must try to revert ourselves back a little bit and do what you mentioned which is to have face to face conversations. I read an article written by Maura Keller on Socialworktoday
that says, “Another concern lies in technology addiction, when individuals spend more time with their smartphone than interacting with the people around them, to the detriment of those face-to-face relationships.” The article gave a lot of information regarding how communication is changing through the addiction of social media in our lives. For this discussion I chose to write about family being the most influential force but you seem to have a valid point when discussing this. I realize that while family plays a large role in the ability to contain internet usage the usage itself is concerning in the aspect that children can look at potentially anything and everything through the use of any mobile device. Another interesting article I found by Connor Simpson written on thewire.com states, “Humans now are trained to scan for the most important bits of information and move on, like how we read online. But that's not how you're supposed to read Moby Dick, or Middlemarch. Longer sentences require concentration and attention, not a break to check Twitter every 45 seconds.” This is so incredibly true for me as I scan through almost everything as it is my Facebook newsfeed. I feel like we must make a change towards all this instant gratification and take a break to experience other important things we might be missing. 1 Corinthians 15:33 states, “Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” We must ensure we are in good company whether in person or online with others.