Relationships are built and made concrete through communication between two individuals. People begin developing relationships from the time they are born, basically. At young ages children develop many relationships with family, pre-school friends, and others that they come into contact with. As they grow and mature they begin forming deeper and more emotionally attached relationships. Students don't have to worry about becoming emotionally attached until later years in high school and college years. These are the times when the body is maturing and hormones are raging. Now you may ask what technology has to do with relationship building. As the years have gone by technology is being incorporated more and more into peoples lives. Technology HAS affected relationships. The enhanced designing of cell phones has definitely played a part in the relationships of individuals. For example you give someone your number and text message them, you may never here there voice again because you continue to text that person all the time and not engage in a real conversation over the phone or in person. At one point in time this was impossible and you had to physically talk to the person before a true relationship was built. So the next time you ask that girl or guy for their number be sure to actually talk to them because technology can limit actual communication between two individuals, dampening the relationship in the long run. Just something to think about as you go about your day and I look forward to what you think about technology how it has affected students and relationships.
--ThE TeCh MaN
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Overall, it is a very interesting topic and I look forward to reading more. However, I would check your grammar and spelling. Also, make sure that you discuss both the negative and positive effects technology has had on human relationships. You are correct, technology has indeed changed relationships. Nowadays people are friending each other over Facebook, even if they don't actually know the person. You can be friends with someone and never talk to them, but then you can't know for sure if they're who they say they are. You would never truly be able to know exactly how a person feels about a certain issue, or how they handle a certain situation. To truly get to know someone and build connections, you must meet them and talk to them in person. There you can see how words affect them, how government affects them, etc., and see their emotions and characterize their personality off of that. Good job so far!
ReplyDeleteI agree that some more proof-reading is needed, but I am interested in how technology hurts relationships through the use of new tools such as social networking websites and smartphone technology. However I would argue that it can help long distance relationships. Social networking and especially Skype can facilitate the longevity of a relationship, long or short.
ReplyDeleteLike Seven and Bud's Wiser said, proof-read, I really like your concept though and it will be interesting to see how it develops. Like Bud's Wiser pointed out, it can help long-distance relationships. I'm in a serious one right now and we constantly text and occasionally skype. Keep exploring both sides of the story and I look forward to reading more!
ReplyDeleteDo you believe technology has hurt our relationships or helped them or maybe even helped to facilitate new relationships? Also do you think people have somewhat of a different personality when they communicate through technology such as how people might develop an "internet personality" that is somewhat different from the "in person" personality?
ReplyDeletePersonally I believe technology has actually helped us to develop relationships. Of course if you only talk to people through technology and you never see them in person then the relationship is hurt. However, friends and family who I talk to by using technology are the same people who I see in person from time to time. If the technology didn't exist for me to talk to them then I would talk to them a lot less. Take for example college which is a perfect example of technological communication. If you live on campus then you can see your other on campus friends everyday, but you might not see your friends from high school except on those rare occasions that you go home. So without technology your relationships with your friends might actually diminish. Also sites such as Facebook can be great social networking sites. Of course one can just talk only on Facebook, but it can also be a good tool to meet friends of your friends and then make new friends.