Attention Getter – I want you to hold your phone in one hand and your classmate’s hand sitting right next to you in another. Now, I want to ask whom you feel more connected to? he friend you are connected with !ia phone or the person sitting right next to you. hesis – "ocial media is sa#otaging real human hu man communication. $hy you should care a#out this topic? %!ery#ody uses social media. It seems that social media is disconnecting us from real world interaction. herefore, I #elie!e that we should reconsider our usage of social media, as it isolates us from friends and family. Imagine, sitting in a corner of a dark room alone. &re!ie &re!iew w – oday oday,, $e will will explore explore issues issues like like how social social media discon disconnect nectss us #y reducing real human contact and its #ad conse'uences on studies and health. I( "ocial media plays a ma)or role in reducing real human contact. A( &eople may argue that social media is meant to connect to humans. *owe!er, studies and examples showed that, in reality, reality, it separates us from each other. +( As studies studies suggest, suggest, real connection occurs through through authentic authentic communication. communication. "tudies show that only - of communication is #ased on the written or !er#al word. A whopping /- is #ased on non!er#al #ody language. I #elie!e that it is clearly e!ident only when we can hear a tone of !oice or look into someone’s eyes that we’re a#le to know when he or she meant what he or she said. 0( 1ast 2ear, "haron "eline exchanged text messages with her daughter. +oth of them them shar shared ed posi positi ti!e !e mess messag ages es on chats chats.. *owe *owe!er !er,, late laterr that that night night,, her her daugh daughte ter r attempted suicide. 3Another personal example4 5( 6nder the name of technology, anyone can hide #ehind that profile, pro)ecting any image they want #y creating an illusion. 7oreo!er, without the a#ility to recei!e non!er#al cues, it is easy for them to lure their audience. his presents a paradox. herefore, with all the powerful social technologies, we are more connected – and potentially more disconnected – than e!er #efore. II( "ocial media reduces command o!er language and increase depression rate among people too. A( he he popul popular arit ity y of soci social al medi media, a, and the the spee speed d at whic which h info inform rmat atio ion n is pu#lished, has created a lax attitude towards proper spelling and grammar. his reduces a student’s a#ility to effecti!ely write without relying on a computer’s spell check feature. +( %xample to support my point 0( Accor Accordin ding g to a resear research, ch, social social media media affect affectss mental mental health health.. It increa increases ses depression, anxiety, and narcissism among its users. 8ther effects like ina#ility to think independently and low self9esteem ha!e also noticed in fre'uent social media users. 5( %xample to support my point
0onclusion( :estate hesis9 8!erall. a closer look at social media shows how it #locks real human communication. :e!iew9 After looking at how social media #locks communication and how it negati!ely affects our academically oriented healthy li!es. ;inal "tatement9 "tatement9 I challenge challenge you all to minimi