Facebook, Myspace, and Youtube have revolutionized our society and how we communicate and interact with people today. Not only those three sights but the internet in general has changed our world. People have mixed feelings on whether this change is good or bad because of all the opportunities the internet has. Parents worry about their children being properly protected, and teachers have concern of their students cheating by using the internet.
The internet has given society many positive opportunities. Facebook and other social networking sites allow people to communicate with each other whenever we want to. We can communicate with people around the world, and it only takes minutes. My generation now values immediate responses. We get everything in life quickly now. Sending text messages, facebook messaging someone, or even email is faster than sending mail or making a phone call.
Although there are so many positives to the new technology, a lot of problems have come from new technology. The people of my generation do not know how to wait for anything anymore. We are used to immediate response, and quick information. Our society has also changed because we no longer value close friendship or relationships. We communicate through technology and that takes away from a true relationship. On facebook you could have one thousand friends, but you only truly know maybe one hundred of them, and your closest friends are maybe only ten or fifteen of them. My generation no longer values the same things in life because we focus our attention on the technology and making fake personas for ourselves.
The idea of fake personas is interesting. Do the 'fake' personas become more real because they are put out there for everyone to see?
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