Topic > New technologies push social relationships aside - 1550

In this rapidly changing world, new technologies have become essential in societies and impact everyone's lives. This process of "technologization" has grown exponentially since the 1990s and the advent of the Internet, which has significantly reduced the boundaries of communication. Some experts agree that new technologies would make communication and exchange easier, and therefore give an incentive to communicate with other people. However, these changes have caused a shift in communication and people have totally changed the way they communicate. Since then people have become more and more dependent on these technologies because they only see the benefits and convenience for everyday life. New technologies reject social relations; because of the way people use them. This article will argue that excessive use of new technologies can harm people's social interactions, which could cause numerous social problems. Three reasons will be addressed in support of this argument: the first part will explain how new technologies make people more selfish and individual, explaining the problems of online communication; secondly, people rely so much on new technologies that there has been an increase in technological dependence that turns them into technological aliens. Finally, advanced technologies change people's behavior in their daily lives; here the fact that virtual life prevails over real life will develop. This research will demonstrate how new technologies liquidate social relations by comparing and analyzing different academic sources. To proceed it is necessary to define the word communication. According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, communication is the process by which people exchange...... middle of paper ......umériques, Des Enfants Mutants ??" Sciences Humaines[France] Oct. 2013: 35 -37.Kelion, Leo. “Hannah Smith's Death: Father Says Daughter Was Cyberbullied.” BBC News, 8 June 2013. Web, 27 November 2013. Kudler, Amanda Infoplease, 2007. Web. November 24, 2013. Netburn, Deborah. “The Business and Culture of Our Digital Lives.” WebMD.WebMD, June 2008. Web. November 24, 2013.Tong, Krystel. “Social networking leads to social isolation.” Prezi.com. Prezi.com, April 2013. Web. 27 November 2013. Turkle, Sherry. “Sherry Turkle: Connected, But Lonely?” TED: Ideas worth Spreading.TED, February 2012. Web 27 November 2013. Young, Kimberley "Générations Numériques, Des Enfants Mutants ?" 2013: 52-55.