The main purpose of social media is to stay connected while being apart, but this is starting to become a problem as many people are starting to have difficulties conversing in person. People use their phones to communicate on a day-to-day basis, whether it's when they are around their friends or not. It has been proven that people prefer communicating through a phone rather than in person. Studies have also shown that the more we use social media, the more our social skills are being lost. I think this is a very big problem because social skills are very important to have, and are used in a vast majority of careers.
Face-to-face communication helps an individual understand non-verbal aspects of communication. Non-verbal communication includes: body language, emotion, tone of voice, and eye contact. While talking to a person you should be able to pick up these clues, and "read the room". Using phones to communicate more makes it harder to identify the emotions of another person. This also leads to many misconceptions, and can cause inaccurate replies. A person also obtains better social skills when they understand emotional cues in different social settings.
Social skills is something I think everyone should have whether they use social media more to communicate rather than actually talking to someone face-to-face. The fact that many people can no longer carry on a simple conversation in person is an issue that needs to be addressed. Many jobs require good conversation skills, and with now used social media, it is going to be tougher for younger individuals to get a good career when lacking basic social skills. Communication is something that should always be worked on and improved, not lost and forgotten.
Do you think social media affects social skills?
Do you think it has directly affected yours?
Is this is a problem in your opinion?
https://lhshorizon.com/2828/opinions/the-effect-of-social-media-on-social-skills/
https://www.newyorkbehavioralhealth.com/the-impact-of-social-media-use-on-social-skills/
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Good topic choice and well done Dani! I would like to see some of your personal experiences within your summary. You do give some of your thoughts but do you see yourself with this issue? Has it impacted your social skills?
I do think that social media has an effect on our generations social skills. In my situation I don't that that it has effected my social skills. This is because I was not allowed to have or use social media until recently. Even now that I can I rarely use it for socializing with people.
I do think that it affects social skills because I personally have dealt with this issue in the past. I have previously had this issue. I do think that this is or can become a problem because people will not be able to do basic human things because of social media.
I believe that social media can affect each person in a separate way. Some people sit on social media for hours at a time multiple times a day. However some people might only look at it for 1hour a day and it don't affect them as much. But in terms to people that do they definitely can have social problems.
Personally, I think that social media has changed the world completely. It has changed the way people connect. I think that it could cause some people to have bad social skills but overall I think that it helps. Without phone and social media it would be hard to connect with peple outside of school. I do not think it affects mine. I think I am fine
Yes because most people don't like to talk to their friends in person they only wanna talk to them online. It does affect me in some ways because I have friends from different states and different countries so i can't talk to them in person. But when I get the chance i am going to deffinently visit them so we can talk in person. I think it is a problem because social media takes over peoples lives and they don;t really enjoy what is infront of them and they are more worried about what is on their phone.
I think that social media has definitely affected kids in this generation. I think that teenagers' social skills are definitely an issue that does need to be addressed because of jobs and working well with others.
I for sure think that social media has affected peoples social skills. I know that I talk to my friends over the phone slightly more than I hangout with them in person just because it's easier then going out. Not only does it affect social skills but mental health as well.
I think that it depends on the type of person you are. I think people who are quieter will have a harder time with it then people who are more outgoing. I don't think it has directly affetced me, however, I would rather have a conversation over the phone than in person but I could still have one in person.
I feel like it depends on the person. Some people might use thing that are on the internet in everyday speech but others who are more muture might not. It all just depends on the person. In my opinion this does not seem like a problem. It might be effecting some people but I doubt its like 50% of kids.
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