Entertainment and Media
Tradition Forms of Communication Lost:
Is this the Progression or Regression of Society?
Technology.
It’s both the blessing and the bane of our very existence. Not only is it inevitable that times have changed, but it is indisputable that technology has done both help and harm for our modern society.
One of the major issues concerning technology is social media. Many argue that social media has changed the social spectrum forever, and that we will continue to develop as a people and as a society as time progresses. These people are not wrong. It is no secret that social media has experienced its share of otherworldly benefits. There is no denying that people who are distanced now have a means to communicate, that international businesses can have meetings through applications such as Skype, and there is no dispute that it is, well, simply easier.
Besides, who wants to write letters to that distant cousin or friend, right?
Hold it: Let’s think about this for a moment.
Oftentimes, people wonder what life was like fifty years ago when there were no practical cell phones, no emails, no social networking sites, no media. These were the times when people would receive that letter in the mail, overjoyed to hear from their long-lost cousin out west. These were the times when chivalry was just as much law as maintaining the speed limit, when everyone had respect for everyone else around them.
And really, where have the times gone? Nowadays, people are so caught up in the day-to-day actions in their fast-paced, media-centered lives that they have lost sight of what is really important. Much of this madness has been a result of the obsession over social media and the loss of traditional means of communicating.
By: Kelsey Surmacz