Nowadays the way many people interact
with each other has changed because of technology.In what ways has technology
affected the types of relationships that people make? Has this been a positive
or negative development?
It
is true that new technologies have had an influence on communication between
people. Technology has affected relationships in various ways, and in my opinion,
there are both positive and negative effects.
Technology
has had an impact on relationships in business, education and social life.
Firstly, telephones and the Internet allow business people in different
countries to interact without ever meeting each other. Secondly, services like
Skype create new possibilities for relationships between students and teachers.
For example, a student can now take video lessons with a teacher in a different
city or country. Finally, many people use social networks, like Facebook, to
make new friends and find people who share common interests, and they interact
through their computers rather than face to face.
On
the one hand, these developments can be extremely positive. Cooperation between
people in different countries was much more difficult when communication was
limited to written letters or telegrams. Nowadays, interactions by email, phone
or video are almost as good as face-to-face meetings, and many of us benefit
from these interactions, either in work or social contexts. On the other hand,
the availability of new communication technologies can also have the result of
isolating people and discouraging real interaction. For example, many young
people choose to make friends online rather than mixing with their peers in the
real world, and these ‘virtual’ relationships are a poor substitute for real
friendships.
In
conclusion, technology has certainly revolutionised communication between
people, but not all of the outcomes of this revolution have been positive.
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