Technology's Effect On Communication

Technology has been so important in our lives that we must have it everywhere and anytime because many different technologies were invented to make our lives easier and more comfortable, without which we would feel alienated from the rest of the world. It is undeniable that people have been very reliant on technology in every aspect of life but how has this affected creativity and communication among us?

Technology has improved our communication in many ways as it has broken barriers of distance between humans around the world. For instance, mobile phones and social networking sites have made us closer to each other as we can instantly contact one another. Back in the old days, humans use different ways to contact each other, such as writing

Although we could communicate with people more easily through the use of technology, we are slowly being left out by the community as we do not spend time to have a real face-to-face conversation with others. As we get too used to using technology for communication, we will begin to face problems when having a real life conversation because we do not have the courage to speak to others, unlike conversing through the phone. For example, even sitting in the same room, people may prefer to connect with each other through texting instead of physical interaction. This is because we will begin to feel awkward when trying to interact physically with others as we hardly practice the social skills which are essential in physical interaction but not so much for virtual

For example, we would look for inspiration from the Internet in creating or doing something, but we tend to take ideas from others instead of thinking on our own. This would make us lazy to think when needed because all we could think of is to use the internet. Furthermore, the easy access to information may turn out to confine our thinking and we will be at disadvantage when thinking is required and we are without access to the phone or the Internet. Not only that, plagiarism may also happen unintentionally when we look for ideas in the internet and this will become a bad habit if we indulge in doing it.

To conclude, technology is created with the intention to benefit people. Nevertheless, it has affected us in many ways, both positive and negative. Therefore, to reap the benefits of technology, we must control ourselves from being too dependent on it. We should become the master of technology instead of its