New Media
New media has been a
big impact on society as a whole. It concerns almost everyone including, the 90
year-old grandma and the 4-year old toddler. Technology as a whole has grown extremely
quick this past decade causing many new apps, social networks, blogging sites
and online shopping etc. to emerge into something bigger. The variety of
different things one can look up or do right at their finger tips has increase
drastically. At a social gathering one has more interactions with their phone than
the actual people around them. You can sit down at a party observing the
interactions with new media around you. Look to your left and you see a group
of girls taking a selfies then, you look
to your right and there is someone updated their Facebook status. When you look in straight
ahead you see someone uploading a video of something that just happened. They
girl next to you might be checking her Snapchat
and your phone in your pocket is vibrating from a text you just
received. New media is taken place almost everywhere and at anytime. The older
age generation is getting pressured into having a cell phone for the younger
generation to keep in contact with them or vice versa. If you take on the media
away from those situations imagine how much more interaction would happen with
people face to face. One of the effects with the new media is the impact it has
on social interactions when people are in person.
It's not unusual to be
talking to someone about something you may feel is important then have the
person listening pull out there phone and answer a text mid-conversation.
Instead of being there and at least pretending to listen, it shows that even
mannerism has taken a downfall. The real life connection with the world in
front of people is drifting away, as the social-media world is reeling people
in. World interactions can easily be missed by paying more attention to the
screen in front of your face. The screen in front of your face, however, causes
many different interactions in a whole new perspective. Now you have seen the
pictures from last night's party, you know that Molly is finally engaged to
Ben, and you just laughed at the funny Vine video. However, you have just missed your sibling's story on what
happened during their day, the funny joke your dad just told and that your dog
just tore apart your shoe. By being so involved in the media people's
connection, physically and emotionally, are detached from the actual movements
and socializing that's going around them. As you open up your phone, it's like opening up a portal to a whole
different world. This is a negative affect because people miss out on important
things that should be cherished in life. You don't have forever to get to
interact with the people right in front of you, so it is important to not take
advantage of it.
We constantly meet new
people in our daily lives. We interact with people we don't know too well when
we go to stores, school, parties, work, and events. It's important to pay
attention and have good manners when meeting new people. With our generation
things can get awkward after saying, "Hi, nice to meet you". Some people don't know how to strike up a
conversation when it comes being face to face with someone. Being on the other
side of the screen you have more options. You can even choose to not reply
ever, or you have more time to ponder on what to say.
You made some really good point that I didn’t think about and it makes me twice about what I am writing about. I liked how you brought up that because of social media mannerism has taken a downfall and I think you could elaborate on that more. In today’s world it is so normal to text while you are at the dinner table. Places that you should not be texting, people with find a way to text. That’s why there are so many accident because people think its ok to text or check other sites. I even know people that that will put their phone in a plastic bag so that way they can text in the shower. Some of the stuff that people do is just ridiculous but it’s real. It happens every day. People lead by example so it has become normally meaning people are losing their manners. So when people need to act right and with manners they won’t know how. Just a thought but good start.
ReplyDeleteReally good thus far. I would suggest some body paragraphs. You can talk also talk about how you can post something and everyone can see it or view pictures/actual news. other than that I think it's great.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good start. It is very true people are always on some sort of devise and they lose connection with reality. These devises have set up a wall blocking social interaction. I feel you could possibly address why people do this? What intrigues them to be on their phone 24/7? Another point that you could address is the fact that this is pretty much accepted in today’s world. I know when I’m talking to someone and they pull out their phone, most of the time I don’t think anything of it (depending on the circumstances). How has it come to this point?
ReplyDeleteMy only suggesting would be to change your wording on a couple of sentences a little. For example, in the second paragraph where you start with "It concerns almost everyone..." maybe it'd be clearer to say impacts? or affects? 'Concerns' sounds like it's a bad thing or that it's worrisome.
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