Social interaction has spoiled

We are living in a time in which we create links with known or unknown people through social
media; as our phones. Since this technology boom has started, it is not easy to see people trying to
reach others in the old way. Everywhere a smartphone which is not smart for real is, the social
relations become to spoil, disturbing face-to-face communication mostly in a home environment,
and making some people uncomfortable.

Impolite people, something that came with smartphones. It is easy to see, for instance, that there
is always at least a little group of people using their phones, as the can interact with others in the
distance isolating themselves, and being impolite; this forces the mates to make do with it. A
research made by OnePoll, to the English technological web Recombu, says that the influence
caused by the smartphones-fever has changed the good habits that people used to have, such as
bad behavior, distraction and bad manners, bothering people, who know the attention they
deserve. Also the study specifies that most of the people around the impolite one have to keep
their feelings in.

Moreover, while people watch their screens, time pass by, and, as it is commonly known, time
never returns. We are told to live the life. But, what kind of life are we expected to live in this
technological world? In fact, there are lots of things that could make people feel alive, to feel life,
but we cause me neither are not used to them. Instead, most of the people who have the
ultimate artifacts of communication spend or waste, properly their life staring at the screen,
waiting for others to do and post exciting things, and comment them. Their time is lost, their lives
are held back, and they cannot feel complete inside, because their souls are hauled into the social
media.

Furthermore, technology can also affect children, who are obviously part of the society, and in
the same way, people. Since mobile technology reached children, its remarkable how they
literally lost their childhood. Recently mane studies had invested how technology affects childrens
development, and what they have found is that it (technology) really helps them, allowing them to
learn faster, to make less mistakes and improve really faster their static skills. But, as Heather
Kirkorian said1, technology just help them to obtain more information in shorter periods of time.
Also, we stop for a minute and think Does their isolation for using technology represent a good
development in all ways?, we rapidly find the answer: no. They start becoming as the big ones in
the time they have to play, to interact, to cry and to laugh for everything. They dont need to know
what is happening in Siria by the time they are seven, or to post little things on Facebook. They need
to play, and learn how to interact with others, not to be as the ones that have their soul as a salve
of the media.

To conclude, social media has become one of the biggest problems when talking about social
interaction. The users, who are merely docile, started to lose their real relationships, replacing them
with virtual ones, making them to be further from the reality, that from their contacts all around
the world. This was not a problem years ago, because the technological boom started a few years

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I couldnt find her studies. Im using the information I read in BBC webpage.
ago, but it has now reached to the most little people that are able to interact with it: children. Since
in old times children used to go outside and play with other kids, now that is not common. They
started to be isolated earlier, making harder for some to make friends, and to realize that they are
involved in a social world, not in a social network.

In order to change a little bit this issue that truly affects our society, and obviously our relationships,
is essential for the social media users to stop using the notifications, which their apps give them to
be in touch. Also, the magazine Semana recommends trying not to make longer and grater the
distances that were thought to be shorter by using technology. Sharing time with family, and
spending less hours giving feedbacks setting up new states, and, they also recommend starting to
hear and be more attentive to the others; they will love it. For parents, using technology with is a
great skill-improvement method, but its essential for children, their children, to spend time playing
with real things, this will make them happier, more sociable, and they obviously will make a
difference.

References
El Confidencial. (1st de August de 2012). Por qu tenemos tan mala educacin con el mvil?
Obtenido de El Confidencial. El diario de los lectores influyentes. :
http://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2012/08/01/por-que-tenemos-tan-
mala-educacion-con-el-movil-102934

Jimnez, L. G. (2nd de June de 2014). 11 maneras de acabar el vicio de revisar el celular. Obtenido
de Semana: http://www.semana.com/tecnologia/tips/articulo/11-maneras-de-acabar-el-
vicio-de-revisar-el-celular/376300-3

Mary. (8th de May de 2012). Social media - a new set of communication barriers. Obtenido de
DIPLO: http://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/social-media-new-set-communication-barriers

Roxby, P. (1st de May de 2013). Tecnologa, beneficia o perjudica el desarrollo de los nios?
Obtenido de BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2013/05/130422_salud_bebe_tecnologia_desarro
llo_gtg.shtml