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Why is social networks bad for communication? - *RiNxI* - 11-09-2012 07:53 PM
I have this assignment at university about why is social networks like MXit, facebook, twitter, etc. are bad for communication or communicating skills. Can anyone help me out by giving a website link or 2 where I can find any related article or research on this matter. I would really appreciate it.
I appologise for my error. I wanted to say why is social networkING bad for communication.
- Miss Cookie - 11-09-2012 08:01 PM
I can tell you that your question should read - why ARE social networks bad for communication.
- jurydoc - 11-09-2012 08:01 PM
Much of human communication is non-verbal -- cues that we pick up from facial expression, body positioning, gestures, voice inflection, etc. None of these cues are available on social networking sites. Not to mention the public nature of the sites violates the nature of much human communication that prefers privacy.
More discussion of Facebook here: http://social-networking-tagging.suite101.com/article.cfm/facebook_good_or_bad_for_communication
- Richard - 11-09-2012 08:01 PM
While it is obvious that you are well educated by the syntax, sentence structure and proper verbiage of your posting, too many others seemingly cannot spell their name correctly anymore due to texting abbreviations. Additionally, I have seen people asking about things on this board like "I cannot log on to my school's website, what should I do?" or "I cannot find the keys to my car, what should I do?" While these are extreme (but real) examples, it shows acknowledgment of an improper way of communicating as the accepted way and a lack of common sense which equates to developing poor communication skills in the real world. In any case, there are always two sides to every argument. Below are a couple of articles on this. Good luck.
- Jim G - 11-09-2012 08:01 PM
I don't have data from any research, but I can give you my opinion based on what I've seen. Like jurydoc said. A lot of human communication can not be duplicated in cyberspace. Oral communication is at best limited. Then of course you have people who are too busy to type an entire word so they use some kind of shorthand indistinguishable from a typographical error. Expecting everyone else to understand what the hell they mean. You also have the issue of cyber bullying. In my day a bully had to actually do their thing in your face. Giving you the option of an immediate retaliation. Usually physical, but that's beside the point. Now bullies can be anonymous. Giving them greater freedom for their cowardice.