Thursday, April 7, 2011

Thoughts on Social Media and its affect on Social Interactions

I recently read an interesting article on the web and its affect on social interactions and was very intrigued at how it has changed society as a whole. Especially the affect on our younger generation and how they'll grow up with this new found platform of interaction i.e.. Facebook, Twitter. I remember growing up and not ever really interacting with kids my age unless they were at school or outside my house playing. Nowadays kids as young as 8 and 9 have access to these social platforms and it completely changes the way our younger generation will grow up. Will this lead to better social skills? More dependence on technology as a means communication?

“Rather than looking to experience life outside the home, study tours, and interact through face to face with others, children are more obsessed with social networking. And, this unconsciously shape their attitude and personality,”by David Rapheal.

It's still a bit premature to answer these questions, but it's still intriguing to think how human interaction will evolve with new technologies.

Here's the article I read into:

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