Social media desensitizes us from being apart of human interaction, it brings us closer to people far from us but pulls us further from the ones who we are with at that moment in time. We are being desensitized to actual human communication be the means of social media. With the use of todays technology and social media sites, we are constantly in connection with the internet and we are receiving and putting out so much information that we don't think about what is really going out and coming in. Social media is second nature to this generation, it appears that most of the younger generations relate better with social media and todays technology then any other generation ever. This is allowing for a change in which we communicate the younger generation is so desensitized to social media that they consider that to be their first means in which they communicate. Human interaction which was always how one thought first to communicate is falling back and we are starting to lose the values of interpersonal communication.
Social media today is allowing cyber bullying to be at its all time high. With so many social media sites and ways to communicate through the internet it is allowing cyber bullying to reach new heights which yields very negative consequences. When I think about ways that we can over come this problem is to first trade compassion instead of judgment or negativity. I feel that this problem is honestly one that can be solved very easily. One must identify the ability to be kind and thoughtful instead of rude and judgmental. If instead of throwing salt we traded guidance the we wouldn't have this problem. Being empathetic towards someone will over come the negativity in their life. We can all be better friends and overall people in this world just by simply complimenting every now and then. When it comes to fixing this problem in social media start by finding someone who looks as if they need a boost and compliment on a picture or say something nice on their account anything to generate a smile or pass kindness along. This hopefully then will create a pattern and then that person will send a compliment down the line and so on. I am prepared to be someone who identifies the positives in social media and use it to connect with others as well as pass kindness and compassion to others who appear to need it.
