Society's Impact On The Impact Of Online Communication And Society

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Online Communication and Society

How communication affected are society

What is the idea of communication? Today we are constantly posting up everything we see in the world or sharing how was our day; good or bad? Communication gives us countless of information to explore more than what we are surrounded by, but can it actually break us apart with what is real? In today’s society we live in a world where we are constantly connected in the social media world at times it could actually disconnect us from the real world and miss what we are surrounded by; and at times can bring us together. Communication has become something that we have become extremely addictive to and it causing us to disconnect with what is really going on, the human nature …show more content…

Before we probably wouldn’t know if the person you were texting laughing or just being plain, with the emoticons it gave you an understanding. Most of the time when we don’t use these emoji people might feel offended that maybe the person that you texting might not want to talk to you. This where the emotions disconnect because one is not being clear with the other. However, online communication gives us these opportunities to go beyond digitally, but is it human for us to stay closely connected, that we forget what is going on in the real world? I feel that it isn’t making anything better. Social media is making us forget how it is to communicate with one another, and soon we won’t have social interaction, everything will be handled by technology. Although, I feel that social media blocks us from emotions why? Because majority of the time we tend to disconnect the way we feel by covering ourselves up with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat, and I feel is because we want to get attention of others by sending submittal messages to get somebody to notice. Instead of picking up the phone and calling someone whenever we feel like something went wrong or to just catch up and meet up in person. We just use our phones and think that it is better. It because we are lazy, we have become so use to the fact that we have all these easy access to get in contact with a lost friend or relative we believe that its …show more content…

Social Media is used daily by what seems like everyone, and with all of its advances it is here to stay. While surfing the seas of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, etc... I am frequently overwhelmed with advertisements for a variety of companies. Social media for advertising got so attracted that people forgot to meet in physically and think that way to communicate, can be done online especially youngster. This puts into question how much money companies are spending to advertise on websites, instead of say television or on actual paper. According to Business Insider, US social media advertising will spend more than $8.5 billion this year and nearly double that by 2018. An article from Marketingland.com said social media advertising grew 57% from 2013 to 2014. With these statistics it is safe to say if you want to promote your company, advertising on social media a good way to

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