Same with the other users of those digital media, I found that undoubtedly there are a lot of advantages by using them! for example, you can contact your friends anywhere, anytime, and anyone once your got their contact. The distribution of messages become faster and faster. Also, there is a huge pro when using Facebook. It would remind you the date of birthday of your friends! You may post a blessing message on their wall. Also, by surfing on Facebook, it is easy to know how is your friends. It is impossible for you to meet all of your friends time by time. There must someone that you usually do not meet each other so often. You can know more about them by looking at what they posted on Facebook without meet each other face by face.
Of cause, in some sense, the pro of online social media is definitely a con in the same time. Since you can understand the life of your friends by looking at Facebook or just chatting on Whatsapp. It would lower your interest to get out of your home, find your friend and talk to them! Furthermore, those digital media let people become more opinionated. Gradually, you will see what your friends posted on Facebook as a whole picture of the life of your friends. After your friend post a sadness status and seems break up with his partner, you would think that your friend is in a valley. You would never know how your friend spent a wonderful holiday with their family. You would never know the true story! Digital media is a good platform for people to communicate with friends, but not further than face-to-face communication.
Nothing is better than face-to-face communication if we're looking for authenticity. But is it the genuine purpose of the digital media, especially the social networks ? Some prefer to invent their lives...
ReplyDeleteReally nice post. You describe a particular digital media without forgetting about its disadvantages :)
ReplyDeleteI really like your post ! At the beginning I though you are so pro, that you would not mention cons of the media, but you did :). Also, do you think it`s healthy and normal that all the people are checking their phones all the time and refreshing the news feeds of Facebook ? Is it the hunger of information about what`s up with our friends or some sort of digital addiction? I like the sum-up - nothing is better than human interaction !
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