Superficially Connected: Social Media and Loneliness

An interesting article that focuses on social media and technology creating the feeling the loneliness, no in fact this writer goes on to argue that we’ve been pushing each other away long before technology came around.  But now that it’s here, it has created an even bigger gap between people. The writer emphasizes that social media and technology “is not meeting our innate, biological need for true acceptance and touch for someone who knows you, and accepts the real you, as opposed to this idealistic falsified image of you.” We all are sucked and glued to these screen that promote the social connection and relationship, when in fact these outlets are making feel even more lonely than before. She argues that it’s not the internet that created this idea of isolation, but the internet and social media sites feeds off of the loneliness we already feel.

      Again, another article that focuses on cutting back more time from the internet and being on screens all day, this writer actually acknowledges that loneliness came before the age of technology. However the internet, social media and technology make makes our loneliness, our depression even worse. “Putting down our phones isn’t the answer if we are too self obsessed and consumed by our own thoughts to actually engage with one another…” We’ve become so independent and focused on the individual that the importance of community is lost.  Parents of the generation born into the technology obsessed world, it’s about teaching your children how to communicate, not to be too selfish and know how to interact with each other in face to face experiences and not relying on a gadget.

(image via google, article via desert news)