Websites like Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn have brought about a major change in the culture of communications. These sites have become places where people can meet friends, potential partners, and even employers. Now, people join Facebook groups where they get updates online instead of joining local community organizations that meet weekly. However, some say that communications these days are quickly losing their personal touch because of these sites. They say that social networking sites, while useful, can never replace the sincerity and social experience of going out, meeting people and interacting face to face.

face to face contact

Many believers in face-to-face contact use psychology as their main source of argument. According to them, face-to-face contact has many key benefits, such as improving people’s lives both socially and psychologically. Having face-to-face connections can make an individual healthier. It also promotes behaviors that are beneficial to the growth of the entire society.

Some people believe that the lack of participation and communities is fostering a population that is not socially oriented. Instead of making people socially oriented, social media is producing self-sufficient individuals who don’t realize the importance of nearby communities.

However, truth be told, face-to-face communications are hard to maintain.

Social networks

Without a doubt, this allows people to form strong and intimate communities that are not hindered by many factors that affect most face-to-face relationships. First, online communities have no geographic borders.

Second, some people find it easier to communicate in a more detached and less personal way. Face-to-face contact adds certain ingredients to the mix, ingredients that don’t invite open, candid communication. Some of these ingredients are competitiveness, insecurity due to appearance, pride, fear of embarrassment, fear of saying the wrong things, etc. Through this, people can forget about appearances and just communicate, and communicating over the Internet gives them time to think about what they are going to say. While still personal, online communications provide enough anonymity for people to express themselves more freely, without worrying about what they are wearing or how they look. Also, perhaps the biggest advantage of social media, in fact, is how it has given even introverts a voice.

Similar to the effects of mobile phones, the effects of these types of networks have ultimately led to people being more connected to each other, not because they see each other daily or regularly, but because they can talk to each other. . at any time they want through the Internet. And even if friends are separated by geographic distance, social networks make sure the connection remains intact.

The benefits of social media in the way people communicate, connect and interact are undeniable, and while critics continue to argue against it, the movement towards online communications shows no signs of stopping.