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Communication Technologies And Their Impact

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Communications
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We are now facing new kinds of communication and, particularly, social media technologies. You
have likely already felt the impact of increasing communication technologies in your own life. Please
address the questions that follow for your primary post.
1. What are the benefits of these social media tools for creating and maintaining social
relationships such as friendship or workplace interactions? What are the drawbacks?
2. Given that Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram are largely image-driven, how have these
platforms changed your perception of how others live their lives? How do we know that our
online perceptions of others’ lives are accurate?
Please contribute your primary post of approximately 220-250 words
When looking at the new kinds of communication and social media technologies of this era,
we can see a greater impact and change in benefits. When looking at the relationships we have in
our social network, whether with friends or our workplace, we are way more connected and at a
faster pace too. We can receive so much information in such a short time, which is great to deliver a
product or even notify about an issue in a timely matter. This advantage is due to society focusing on
being as time-efficient as possible. There are drawbacks, such as unrealistic expectations (like
physical appearance norms), the need to receive all this information (leading to a short-attention-
span), as well outlets to cyberbullying.
With various social media tools, from Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and even the rising
Tik Tok, we hold such regard for our image. Many of these outlets provide us with what kind of
image or persona we would like to be, whether it is informative, entertaining, hostile, etc. Most of the
time though, it is trying to paint an image of our best lives. Despite this, my perception of these
platforms is that they may be unrealistic (such as editing), as social norms of this time tend to
emphasize showing our best selves, even though it lacks the negative, we possess as well. Ways to
decipher online authenticity may include vulnerability and sharing the negative in one’s life, but even
that can be a lie.

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