The first section of Nev Schulmans book discusses the types of catfish and the types of people who fall for catfish. Throughout this discussion, he also touches on how easy it is for these misconceptions between people to happen due to the technology in the world today.
One of the main arguments of Nev’s writing it that the internet has taken over society in a bad way. Today you do not have to be in the same room as someone to communicate with them; it is very easy to speak to anyone you want, anywhere in the world. S. Craig Watkins touches on this idea in his scholarly article "The Very Well Connected: Friending, Bonding, and Community in The Digital Age." Watkins discusses the idea of absence-in-presence, which is what allows us to communicate with others online. Absence-in-presence is when someone is at a location in body but not in spirit, such as sitting at a dinner table but talking to someone on the phone. This allows someone to be spiritually with their friend even though they are not in the same physical space (Watkins, 2009). Because the Internet allows us to be connected with those who we would usually not be connected with due to space and distance, we can easily form relationships with those who we don’t personally know. Nev describes this idea by explaining how meeting new people online with similar interests to you is extremely easy. Once you find someone you like or find interesting, it is easy to tailor your profile towards him or her. In today’s society, since you don’t have to physically be with someone to speak with them, online relationships are that much easier.
One of the main arguments of Nev’s writing it that the internet has taken over society in a bad way. Today you do not have to be in the same room as someone to communicate with them; it is very easy to speak to anyone you want, anywhere in the world. S. Craig Watkins touches on this idea in his scholarly article "The Very Well Connected: Friending, Bonding, and Community in The Digital Age." Watkins discusses the idea of absence-in-presence, which is what allows us to communicate with others online. Absence-in-presence is when someone is at a location in body but not in spirit, such as sitting at a dinner table but talking to someone on the phone. This allows someone to be spiritually with their friend even though they are not in the same physical space (Watkins, 2009). Because the Internet allows us to be connected with those who we would usually not be connected with due to space and distance, we can easily form relationships with those who we don’t personally know. Nev describes this idea by explaining how meeting new people online with similar interests to you is extremely easy. Once you find someone you like or find interesting, it is easy to tailor your profile towards him or her. In today’s society, since you don’t have to physically be with someone to speak with them, online relationships are that much easier.
Carlo
Rotella discusses the pressing issue in the article “No Child Left Untableted,”
written in the New York Times of the
crisis in the ability to talk. As
schools become more technologically advanced, we see the implementation of
electronic tablets in the classroom.
While, this can be seen as a positive addition to the learning process,
there are many issues surrounding the tablets as well. High-school teachers are already complaining,
she said, that their students “are fixed on programs that give the right
answer, and they’re losing the notion of talking and listening to each other,
skills that middle school is supposed to teach” (Rotella, 2013). The crisis in the ability to talk stems from
the notion that people stop talking to kids.
Although her article surrounds the idea of education, this can be easily
applied to the social issues created by using the Internet as a communication
tool. When a conversation takes place
online, a person looses the ability to connect with the other person by not
looking into their eyes. When texting or
instant messaging, it is a relationship that’s based primarily on digital
communication, not rooted in confidence and self-esteem. A person should use their body as well as
their mind to talk out loud with someone, even if just a phone call, is a step
in the right direction (Schulman, 2014).
S. Craig
Watkins, "The very well connected: Friending, bonding, and community in the digital age," The Young and the Digital (2009).
Carlo
Rotella, "No child left untableted," New York Times (12
September 2013).
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