Affection Reflection : Kory Floyd

In Stephen Marche’s ”Is Facebook Making us Lonely”, the author starts with an grabbing or interesting story that made headlines about a women named Yvette Vickers. He uses this anecdote to grasp the reader’s attention. Moreover, the writer is trying to appeal to the audience about loneliness. In the text it says “Social Media-from Facebook to twitter- has made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier”. The author presents his argument and gives some factual evidence for the argument. Moreover, he compares his views with others. He gives the readers a problem that many people face nowadays is loneliness. Marche informed “Despite its deleterious effect

In his article, “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” Stephen Marche argues that Facebook is the vital cause for loneliness and is luring people away from social capital. According to Marche, social networking isolates individuals and creates distance, mostly amongst family members. For some, it is not only isolation but rather social loneliness. The author claims that health can also be effected by loneliness. Nowadays, due to very little verbal person to person communication, he writes that people have never been so separated from one another because of social media. Facebook users, Marche argues, have an addiction to profoundly visit their account constantly leading to the feeling of loneliness and in most cases depression. The author claims that social networking, instead of demolishing isolation, is unknowingly spreading it. Ultimately, However, Stephen’s argument fails to convince due to his abundant false assumptions and the articles confusing organization.

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.

Humans are naturally social beings. Jeremy Rifkin states, “We are, it appears, the most social of animals and seek intimate participation and companionship with our fellows (115).” The article continues to explain how humans seem to connect through emotions and that inner, neurological need for human interaction. When one person feels pain, joy, or sadness, they want to share their feelings with another person. Hence, the needing fulfillment of social interaction. However, the use of social media does not mean humans have become less social. Even though social media has introduced a new way of interacting and communicating, studies have shown that people are becoming more

The article Electronic Intimacy by Christine Rosen talks about the relationships people have with the online world and how it affects relationships because everything is just so fast. The purpose this article was written is to give her audience which is people who use social media to experience an actual in person relationship because the only relationship we know today lies in a direct message. Rosen poses a question to her audience that has us all thinking and also is her thesis. The question says “But does the way we communicate with each other alter that experience significantly?” (Paragraph 5). But it makes sense because in today’s world there is no such thing as personal relationships which is why Rosen states that “We are living in an

“...between 2005 and 2012, 35% of the couples marrying in the US had met online” (González). The internet is used in many ways such as, communicating, posting status updates, and discovering new information. People most commonly argue the internet to be the source of loneliness and depression, whereas others say that it generates more relationships and friends. Electronic devices, such as mobile phones and laptops are utilized in everyday life, whether it be for work, school, personal matters, and in many other ways. It helps promote interactivity and involvement in a community, where you are not alone. It also permits transparent discussions, between friends, family, and others, that are beneficial in everyday life worldwide. Technology does not make us more alone as it gives people the opportunity to meet new people, supplements communications, and aids those who are already lonely.

Facebook, in particular, is the target of this article, with its enormous audience, Facebook is the go-to website to see the latest gossip, get in touch with everyone, and be in touch with everyone. So a lot of people give up face-to -face to talk with each other instead using the Facebook or any other technology. The research put into the lonely topic consists of psychologist’s opinions and real events. For example, the books Sherry Turkle wrote like “Life on the screen” and “Alone together” can see how serious the impact is.

Alone together is an idea coined by Sherry Turkle that social media, the internet, and technology is making us feel more connected even though we are isolating ourselves from each other more and more. The feeling of closeness due to “intimacy” that is developed through being able to see ones intimate moments on social media. People become more comfortable behind a screen where they can control and limit the amount of information they share and receive. As Turkles book title puts it “we are

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Conclusion: Intimacy and romantic relationships are hindered when using social media to communicate their emotions and others as well.

Wortham first begins her essay by introducing how her boyfriend and her interact through various apps such as G-Chat, Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and the one she was talking about You & Me. Worthman then proceeds to talk about the increasing popularity of these applications among couples and those seeking a partner or to make friends. But after providing her experience she then began to move into the purpose to why she wrote this article. Wortham first proceed to address the they sayers. Wortham claimed that some seem to believe that these dating, social apps can makes us “forget other ways to communicate” and that we “forget what face to face interaction can do”(Wortham 395, 396). After, acknowledge these claims she then

While I was reading, I found the article regarding loneliness and our pursuit of finding happiness via the Internet engaging (article found on page 4). I presume that many people, young and old, including myself, are affected by the Internet in this manner. Whether it be via Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, or one of the numerous other networks, we are continuously demanding, seeking, and finding a validation from others. Our "likes" appear to verify our popularity and, similarly, our "followers" seemingly define our likability. We, because our attention is concentrated on our Internet "connections", habitually disregard the immeasurably precious in person interactions that we miss by enabling our

The expression “Netflix and Chill” has been a widespread expression used in our society. Many couples find that they look forward to binge-watching countless hours of Netflix series. However, this guilty pleasure may be beneficial for your relationship. Research shows that one way for couples to feel closer to each other is to have a “shared social reality” (Gabriel, Gomillion, Kawakami, & Young, 2016). For example, those who share the same friends, attend the same activities, etc. tend to feel closer. Not all couples share this social overlap. When people lack this shared circle of friends with their partners, they tend may turn to other things like media, shows,

Despite the fact that relationships can be troubling, stressful, and even deadly, most of us are aware that we need relationships with others and that the quality of our lives depends on those relationships whether it is from friends or romantic partners. With the development of technology the evolution of long distance dating relationships are transforming. Long distance relationships used to primarily consist of handwritten letters with the occasional phone call in between. However, progression and advancements in technology have led to numerous means of new communication. The Internet created a new and unexpected dynamic in the realm of romantic and long distance dating relationships. It is popularly believed that people who are deeply in love spend a great deal of time simply looking at each other. Being able to look at each other implies that the couple is in close proximity of each other to perform this task of developing intimacy. Couples in long distance relationships do not have this luxury of being in close proximity of their loved one for weeks, months, and in some cases even years apart from each other. Because satisfying close relationships are associated with happiness, it is not surprising that their absence in this case long distance relationships can sometimes be associated with unhappiness and psychological state of loneliness. Being part of a long distance relationship can cause an individual to endure a lot of stress from events in the relationship that

In the age of information and technology, we are connected to our family, friends, and strangers in an instant through social media. As a result of being easily connected, we are becoming disconnected with each other socially and then disconnected to ourselves emotionally. We got so wrapped up in our Facebook wall that it increases our levels of narcissism. Stephen Marche blames this incline in loneliness to Facebook. Marche’s use of the life of Yvette Vickers, and of statistics, persuades the audience that Facebook is connecting us socially, but disconnecting us from ourselves.