The Positives Of The Declination Of Interpersonal Communication

Electronic communication plays vast roles in the way individuals communicate in today’s society, this has created a significant change to the quality of interpersonal

Nowadays, the communications with others are different from the traditional ways and normal rules. People take advantage of new technology to communicate instead of face to face. Although the email and text message make people easy to communicate, the society

Cell phones and technology are wonderful tools for us to communicate and to grow as society but even though there are many benefits of using cell phones in the various social environments, there is also the greater disadvantage of the usage of the devices. The effects of being rude to one another, “light” unimportant conversations, and weak relationships between peers or family members. In today's world people are way too connected electronically and disconnected emotionally. As there is a lot of controversy to if cell phones are running society's social lives or not, research has shown that they are in fact hurting and affecting how people are interacting and communicating with one another. Between the lack of empathy and the lack of face to face conversations, cellular devices “smart phones” are the major reasons society is seeing a negative effect in people’s social life

“Can you remember the last time you were in a public space in America and didn’t notice that half the people around you were bent over a digital screen, thumbing a connection to somewhere else?” (Fredrickson, 2013, pg. 1). In a world today where sending a text message containing the message “I luv you,” is equally powerful to that statement said in person to your significant other. Today’s generation is surrounded by the constant need to have technology and mainly cell phones at your fingertips. Gone are the days when people would talk to one another whilst standing in line, now it is all about having and using your cell phone to pass the time. All of this takes bondage on having an interpersonal relationship with each other and conversing

Communication is the key element in human society. People need to talk to each other if they need help because they are not sure about anything, purchase goods at a store, or simply get home after a long day. Since the enormous improvement on technology, people are not that connected to other

But this has ceased to exist after the introduction of Smartphone 's and the internet. People prefer to chat in the many social media offered on the internet and accessed by their Smartphone 's, play games, listen to music and even blog than strike a conversation with a person sited next (Tuckle, 2011, 23). As much as people are communicating more, a threat of communication becoming more of quantity than quality is emerging. As much as the use of Smartphone 's and internet has expanded people socially and geographically, it drives people from authentic relations. Too much use of Smartphone 's and web results in declining people social circle. It is a fact that the more time people spend on their Smartphone 's and the internet the less time they has with their families, friends and other people in the society.

Social networking has become an unquestionable part of our everyday lives. Little by little, internet and mobile technology seems to be subtly destroying the meaningfulness of interactions with others, disconnecting us from the world around us, and leading to an imminent sense of isolation in today’s society. Instead of spending time in person with friends, people just call, text or instant message them. It may seem simpler, but people ultimately end up seeing friends face to face a lot less. Ten texts can’t even begin to equal an hour spent chatting with a friend over lunch. A smiley-face emoticon is cute, but it could never replace the ear-splitting grin and smiling eyes of a friend. People need to see each other. While technology has allowed us some means of social connection that would have never been possible before, and has allowed us to maintain long-distance friendships that would have otherwise probably fallen by the wayside, the fact remains that it is causing ourselves to spread ourselves too thin, as well as slowly ruining the quality of social interaction that everyone need as human beings.

Today, people think that when they are texting someone or direct messaging a person that it is the same as a normal conversation that would take place in person. In the article, “Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children,” Jane E. Brody agrees when she writes, “Technology is a poor substitute for personal interaction,” which is a very true statement. One is not fully interacting with a person without face to face interaction. People are lacking these social skills and becoming socially awkward because of isolation and not engaging in face to face contact. People get on their electronic devices for hours at a time and isolate themselves from everything. Not only are people lacking social skills, but they are lacking social bonds. Without the one on one connection and a conversation in person, a bond cannot be created. People are using technology as a poor excuse to not have to take time out of their day to actually create social bonds with people and practice their social skills. Not only that but the lack of social skills not only effects teens and adults but it can be a problem in young children when they are

Another negative effect caused by cell phones is people’s declining interpersonal skills. In" Is Social Media Destroying Teen’s Interpersonal Skills? Experts Say It May", Sekinah Brodie pointed out that though the widespread of cell phones increases the quantity of interpersonal communication, the increase is at the sacrifice of quality. As it is widely acknowledged, interpersonal communication plays a vital role throughout one’s life, both in relationships and career, consisting of written, verbal, and non-verbal communication (9-12). In face-to-face communication, people focus more on verbal and non-verbal communication, during which different and even opposite meaning can be conveyed through the same words due to a mixed use of tone, eye contact, body language, gesture and even different dressing. However, when people base most communication on cell phones, they tend to merely apply written words and some simple emoticons, ignoring the effect of other important communication components like eye contact, body language and so on. Consequently, when needing to deal with others in real life, those appearing highly active online may turn out to be awkward, embarrassed, and even confused. In the meantime, it is found that the abuse of cell phone is hindering kids’ learning language and interpersonal skills. In Papa, Don’t Text, Deborh Fallows, the author believed that parents today spend more time on talking on the phone while pushing babies in strollers, leaving negative

Smartphones are keeping people from having more deeper and more emotional face to face conversations. Most Americans have had at least one type of internet conversation without meeting the person face to face. Almost ninety-seven percent of students bring some type of device with them to school. In addition, many studies on technology and the effects it has on social interactions and face to face conversations; since rise in amount of social media usage in the late 2000’s. Seeing people have deep or emotional conversations in person is very rare to see

It can be argued that technology has made the world more connected. People connect with each other though cell phone, tablets and personal computers more than ever before. While it may be true that people are more connected today, there is also a great communication divide that exists. One need only look at a crowded train or school bus and see most people consumed by their mobile device. Technology, it seems, makes people more distant creating a communications gap.

Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships-the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.” The foundation of a human relationship is communication. Undoubtedly, without decent communication skills, the ability to form relationships would be virtually non-existent. Throughout the years, our means of communication have graduated from “snail” mail to email, landline phone calls to mobile phone communication, and most recently the evolution of texting. What on Earth would we do without the ability to text? Would we send each other letters? Would we call someone every single time we have a question? The convenience of texting appeals to society, instead of developing relationships through the menial labor of talking. Both forms of communication have its advantages and disadvantages, although some are more prominent than others. While both are forms of communication, one might argue which is more convenient than the other, which one conveys tone better, and which one has a more positive societal impact.

Ever taken the advantage of texting or video call to communicate with people instead of gathering the confidence and talking in person? The amount of texting in this society has increased gradually over the past decade with a percentage of over 7,700% (Burke). Since the development of communication on modern technology, this generation’s ability to communicate in person has been damaged through lack of face-to-face interactions and improper grammar. Although texting and social media may benefit relationships in long distance, privacy is invaded and the lack of interactions in person can damage relationships. Furthermore, texting has changed the way the world communicates because it provides an easier option for people to choose to contact people.

Face-to-face communication seems to be a dying art – replaced by text messaging, e-mails, and social media. Human communication and interactions are shaped by available technologies.

Communication between two individuals has changed more than we have ever expected within the past 50 years. Communication was simple half a century ago, and now communication is fairly complex. Two people would either call each other through home landlines, write letters to one another, or need to communicate face to face in order to communicate effectively. Nowadays there is a plethora of ways to get in contact with someone; face to face, cellphones, social media websites, email, etc. Through an assignment our class performed, interviewing an adult 70+ years of age, we were able to gather information on how interpersonal communication functioned in their early stages of life, and how it has changed since then. The results from these interviews show that the 70+ year olds believe that communication does not better or worsen but changes overtime. Interpersonal communication among most cultures across the world has changed and grown simultaneously as time does.