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Communications technology has changed so rapidly in recent decades that many members of older generations are not able to keep up. For many youth and young adults today, sleep is virtually the only time one finds oneself disconnected. There are so many new platforms of digital communication – such as Facebook, Twitter, not to mention instant messaging on smartphones – that many feel the whole landscape of interaction between individuals has changed. In this essay, I will examine the effects of some important new ways of communicating, and provide an analysis of their positive and negative aspects.

Twitter allows individuals to send out short messages that instantly update others who “follow” a particular feed. According to some, this technology has played an important part in changing the ways people organize themselves. Many newspapers around the world noted that the events of the 2011 Arab Spring had a connected to Twitter. Protesters in Iran, and revolutionaries in Libya and Egypt made use of this form of communication to organize large groups of people and communicate in the middle of mass uprisings. Many feel that Twitter is responsible for enabling these protesters and revolutionaries, allowing them to communicate quickly without the high-tech communications equipment used by governments. As a result, many feel Twitter has allowed the freedoms of speech and powers of organizations that these governments denied their people beforehand. The relationships could be established, and people could connect to create big changes in society.

Another example of a profound change caused by new information technologies relates to Facebook. Many children communicate with one another outside of the school day using this platform. As a result, there has been an increase in “cyber bullying”, which means that the problems children face in their school relationships continue when they are at home and with their families. Many see this as a problem, especially because parents are likely to be unaware of what is taking place while their children use the internet. Cyber bullying often means that victims feel they can never escape those who are bullying them, because the messages are visible to all at any time on the internet.

In light of these examples, it is not easy to say whether or not the changes in information technology have been positive or negative. They have enabled new types of communication, but they have made more severe both the good and the bad aspects of people’s relationships. It is still up to the users of these technologies to act responsibly, and ensure that the new types of connectedness between people work to the benefit of all.

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