Technology and social interaction

How do you imagine social interaction within 10 years, taking into consideration the impact of technology on human relations?

Technological advances have irreversibly changed social interaction

The way we play or compete…

The way we help or sympathize…

The way we meet or inform…

And among the numerous technologies …

Social Media evolution revolutionized our communication:

Real time communication-connected 24/7

Broken boundaries

New forms of communication- status updates, tweets, videos and filtered photos

Changed language

Social Media has brought a positive change to social interaction

INCREASED SOCIABILITY

• More interaction, but different interaction

• Greater network• More opportunities for

introverts

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION

• More aware of the world

• More tolerant• Planetary relationships

SHARING

COMMUNITY

• Quick sharing of news and events

• Sharing opportunities: work or education

• Sharing joy and grief

This trend is likely to continue within 10 years…

The experts’ opinions on the portable future of social media and its impact are split.

Innovations may significantly change the entire industry and the future of social interaction.

Despite positive side, the concerns regarding the social media’s negative impact might increase. This, in turn, will stimulate to regulate the usage of social media ( ethic rules, restrictions for kids and teens).

However

What are the Predictions on the Future

of Social Media and its impact?

“I think it’s pretty easy to imagine that in the future we will have something that we can either

wear — and it’ll look like normal glasses. And you’ll just be able to have context with what’s

going on around you in the world and communicate with people and not have to disrupt your

conversations by looking down.”- Marc Zuckerberg

Human nature isn’t changing; there’s laziness, bullying, stalking, stupidity, pornography, dirty tricks, crime, and those who practice them have

new capacity to make life miserable for others.

Information sharing over the Internet will be so effortlessly interwoveninto daily life that it will become invisible, flowing like electricity, often through machine intermediaries.

Technology was meant to solve specific problems, but didn’t it bring certain problems?

Sense of isolation due to social media addiction and lack of real communication

“Studies show that only 7% of communication is based on the written or verbal word. 93% is based on nonverbal body language. Indeed, it’s only when we can hear a tone of voice or look into someone’s eyes that we’re able to know when “I’m fine” doesn’t mean they’re fine at all…”

Lack of focus due to constant distractions to check social media sites

Creating fake profiles, violating privacy and cyber bullyingThe Olivia Haters Club: The new phenomenon called cyber bullying was the focus of a thirteen-year-old girl’s existence in 2006. Olivia Gardner has epilepsy, and inspired a mean girls’ club called "Olivia Haters" that kids from her middle school set up on MySpace. Gardner’s family could not charge the girls with any sort of crime, but it was still a shocking revelation for them.

CONCLUSION

Technologies, in particular social media development has largely influenced human interaction.

With emergence of social media we have witnessed increasing sociability, but a different kind of sociability. Social media has also fostered global connectivity and provided more opportunities by quick information sharing.

These positive effects are most likely to continue for the next 10 years. – However, the excessive and unethical usage of social media poses

concerns. This may lead to greater regulation of social media. – We also can not predict all possible innovations and their effects.

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