It seems like Facebook and other social networking websites are substituting natural meetings between people. The face-to-face interaction between people is replaced by hours and hours spent on online socialising. Why would they do the effort to go out to meet friends and family while they can do so in bed with their laptops over their laps!
This might seem that it made life easier, however, a UK expert thinks online social networking websites might harm your health.
Dr Aric Sigman told the BBC, "a lack of face-to-face networking could alter the way genes work, upset immune responses, hormone levels, the function of arteries, and influence mental performance". It could also "increase the risk of health problems as serious as cancer, strokes, heart disease, and dementia".
What is special about face-to-face communication is that you could understand people in front of you more clearly through their voice intonation and their body language. It is very easy to misunderstand your friends online because what is said in a joking context must not be aquired as a serious issue. And you cannot actually know unless you hear and see the person in front of you. As the doctor said, these websites "undermines people's social skills and their ability to read body language".
3 comments:
So not only that facebook harms one's health, but also social life. My mother personally believe that the internet as a whole,is one way to Kiss intimacy goodbye. Regarding health issues, I try to control it a bit and with all the warnings I hear, I decide to spend less time facebooking,But I Honestly Cannot quit!
We have this Arabian Singer who uses her beautiful voice to utter ''I fight you Yah, I leave you No.''
Indeed, facebook is really addictive (especially when you have work to do!) but when it comes to going out and socializing there is absolutely no substitute to the real thing.
This really strikes a chord with me. Humans, naturally, are social animals. By limiting the day-to-day contact we have with one another i think it damages not only our social skills but there will be a tendency to neglect people close to us such as friends and even family members.
Even when people are offline and out in public we are on our phones or listening to our ipods. We are becoming more disconnected with one another, and depriving our body and mind of the social interaction that we so desperately need!
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