Positive Impact On Our Culture By Josh Rose And Is Facebook Making Us Lonely

First, Rose uses his personal anecdotes as a foundation for his claim, which emotionally hooks his readers. Bringing forth compassion and

She uses a clever analogy comparing MySpace and Facebook to the invention of the telephone, this helps demonstrate to the reader the importance of social media to the average person (Fleming 438). Then she quickly introduces the risks of the internet, she uses the phrase “comes at a price” (Fleming 439). She makes her self-seem credible by not just saying its importance, but also throwing in a few facts about the subject. Using well-known universities and key figures in social media, Fleming also adds to the credibility of the article. By end of the fourth paragraph she has stated her claim, and made herself seem

Social media is being used today by Adults, Teens now even Children. Peggy Orenstein “Each twitter post seemed a tacit referendum on who I am, or at least who I believe myself to be” (Orenstein, 381). She does a wonderful job explaining the negativity and positivity about social media and internet.

A reader and responder, George Jeff, wrote back to Kardaras on the point of social media addiction. He wrote “I do not use social media myself, but I have seen some of my friends and family become addicted to it and use it constantly, to the point where they barely make any social contact out-side of it, as they use it more and more” (The Social Media Generation, 2017, para. 3). What Jeff is trying to point out is that social media has gotten so out of hand we have forgotten how to communicate face to face. Millennial’s struggle constantly with impromptu speaking with real life people. They are outgoing when it’s over text, but introverted whenever it comes to real life situations. In an article by David Oragui, he explains how social media is preventing children from having face-to-face conversations. Oragui writes how social media networks and sites will soon replace human interaction in not only the United States, but the world as well. He once came across a photograph of a small group of teenage girls with their eyes glued to their phones. The funny thing is, they were all having

Recently, people are now discussing how social media changes our life, whether it is good or bad. Some of them think that social media is a kind of fad because of its rapid development. Others think that it is really useful and makes our life easier than before.

Social media, like Facebook and Twitter seems to be growing popular worldwide in the last few years. Have you found yourself or someone else in an awkward situation and instantly pull out your phone to scrawl through Facebook or Twitter just to keep from talking to someone in the elevator or doctor’s office? Is social media like Facebook and Twitter making us lonely human beings? One man, Stephen Marche, wrote “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely,” published in May of 2012 issue in The Atlantic thinks that social media might play a role in it alongside with other things.

The written word,now a weapon, is now digitized and feed through media. “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it. Take the shot from the weapon.” (Bradbury 58). Not only have books become a media revolution so has social interaction. Social media allows for connections formerly unheard. “The problem, they say, is that we spend so much time maintaining superficial connections online that we aren’t dedicating enough time or effort to cultivating deeper real-life relationships.”(WSJ). This avenue of socialization allows for discretion of the true life and person of the poster. “And even worse, the human condition is beginning to devolve. We have become addicted to the vanity of social media unable to expose our lives to the world.”(Green). This media based socialization can overtake the lives of many. “When you add it all up, the average American spends more than 10 hours a day plugged into some form of media.”(Synder). Making the human race even more technology

While the expressive aspects of the writing are apparent on the surface level of this article, it is clear that the author's main intention of this writing was to be persuasive. Orenstein had a goal in mind to persuade the reader to be cautious of the risk of social media. Peggy references M.I.T. professor Sherry Turkle, who says that "Among young people especially, she found that the self was increasingly becoming externally manufactured rather

127). He digs at the fact that she has many more experiences then us normal/ middle class people. We then can infer that he was talking about how some people it’s easy for them to disconnect because they have such a lavish lifestyle to keep in touch with. I also agree with Jengenson argument because not everyone has a great life, sometimes social media is there “escape” or safe haven from the troubles and stresses of the real world. I for one have been guilty of going to the digital world when I’m having a hard time in the real world. By logging on I tend to forget about what happening in the real world and flock to things that will be the complete opposite of how things are in the real world.

Shawn Ghuman states his position on social media and the way social communicates with others in his student essay “Is technology Destroying Social Bonds?” In his essay Ghuman claims that society spends too much time on social media talking to those who are geographically close,how social media can cause anxieties to form, and how online communication can take away human thrive.

When analyzing the role of social media in American society, several questions come to mind. What is social media and are these social media and networking sites helpful to the people of America; can these sites be used to enhance or do they intrude in the relationships people have with others, and can they be integrated into their daily lives successfully. As the world becomes more and more technology friendly, the internet has transformed into a place that nearly everyone can go to get away. With the constant click of a mouse for some is all it takes to relieve the stress of their day.

Overall I feel like the two authors had a strong and support details to their arguments about social media. Social media every day is changing and more and more people are starting to get connect due to all the positives it has. In our era I believe that people would always want Facebook because of the face of how many people you meet a how much closer you feel to someone no matter the distance they are. Facebook and social media will continue to upgrade and become a reliably site for all

The abundance of technology and social media today has led to many positives and negatives in our society. The

Marche uses the metaphor that “[Facebook is] like a car” (Marche, 7) because you can use it as a way to isolate yourself or you can use it as a way to interact with others and use it as a social tool. Marche also gives the reader an example of an effective and healthy way that social media is used versus an unhealthy way by using an example of a football game. Marche states that if you use social media as a way to “organize a game of football among your friends, that’s healthy. [But] if you turn to social media instead of playing football, however, that’s unhealthy,” (Marche, 7) which is a very good example because it shows the reader that social media was really just meant as a social platform, not one that is used an excuse to not be social. The metaphors and examples that Marche uses really enhance the persuasion and effectiveness of his essay because it makes the reader really think of Facebook with an unbiased mind rather than thinking of it as what it’s known to be and all the bad things that are associated with

Since the introduction of the first social media platform the number one question that many scholars, researchers, and even journalist have wondered and still wonder as people evolve alongside technology, is whether social media is the ultimate tool in bringing the world closer together. The general consensus between those who worry about human behavior is that, those who are born after the 1980s up to the 2000s or as they are called, the millennials, have the means necessary to connect in a global scale, yet they are in fact some of the most isolated individuals to date, and what many are finding is that social media is at the epicenter of this issue. The reasons given to what has led the increase loneliness in people are that social