I social media ci stanno rendendo asociali?

Currently, in human history, the world is continuously progressing and changing, no time ever before than we imagine. People are also changing who does the day-to-day routine. Modern society has become excessively more and more obsessed with technology in the shape of cell phones, tablets, and many other tech creatures.

The most frequent question often asked by people is how technology has changed us over the years, whether for the better or worse. Social networking has transformed the way we interact and meet with others.

However, it is a very threatening situation to most people that, due to addiction to social media websites and apps such as Facebook, Snapchat, Tinder, TikTok, Instagrame molti altri, stiamo perdendo l'interazione nella vita reale anche con altre persone che ci sono molto vicine.

According to some researchers, people who are less than thirty usually have an obsession with social media platforms. The following are some facts and figures that can determine how much and how people are turning less social through the usage of the digital world.

The youngsters who have opened their eyes in the early 21st century and reached young adulthood, named “Millennials,"passano tutto il giorno sulle piattaforme dei social media. Ecco perché sono meno sociali nella loro vita reale.

According to the study held by Flashgap, people most of the time miss their conversations even when sitting in front of each other, just because their cell phones distract them while having a conversation.

Per di più, 54% degli utenti dei social media ha affermato di avere sempre paura di perdersi qualcosa se non controlla il mondo digitale. Quasi 3000 people were asked by the researchers what viewpoint they have regarding social media in their social lives, and finally, females are the most frequent users of the online world.

Lo studio ha dimostrato che quasi 76% of females check their social accounts 10 times when they are hanging out with friends, and 54% degli uomini sono risultati tossicodipendenti.

The co-founder of FlashGap, Julian Kabab, reportedly stated that people are more concerned about whether young kids/teens and adults under 30 are on social media, especially when they are out at some place, and they forget to do social interaction, he said.

"Le persone perdono la conversazione con i loro amici nella vita reale perché vogliono vedersi sui social media e scattarsi selfie, magari aggiungendo filtri alle loro foto", ha aggiunto durante un'intervista con la CNBC.

A similar study was conducted by FlashGap in 2020, researchers stated that smartphones make people non-social and compromise social conversations face-to-face. According to Virginia Tech University, cell phone devices have the influence to prevent any individual from having face-to-face exchanges.

At the moment, the world has become fully dependent on technology, most importantly smartphones and social media. These technological creatures have developed to serve mankind, but their excessive use creates serious issues in our lives, especially in the younger generation. There are the following genuinely threatening issues that need to be eradicated.

It is actually a term for those people who are addicted to social networking through their smartphones and happen to be busy with tech gadgets when connected to the digital world. They don’t bother while they are using cellphones what really is coming their way, keeping their heads down and looking at their mobile phone screen like robots. Sometimes they have accidents and lose their lives.

According to the researchers, people in the modern world spend almost 4 years of their lives just gazing at smartphone screens, and it may cause them mental and other physical health issues. Cellphone addiction causes them depression, anxiety, lack of cognitive growth, and many other problems.

Young social media users who don’t know how they should use the internet and what precautions they can take using multiple instant messaging applications. Resultantly, they got multiple accounts on social messaging platforms and become the victim of cyber bullies. Online bullies harass them, use abusive language, and threaten them too. Ultimately, young and innocent teens don’t know what exactly they need to do.

It is a very common issue in the modern world; young millennials usually send some sort of explicit text messages and photos through smartphones. They don’t realize these kinds of photos can be too risky in case someone viral them on social media. Plenty of cases have been reported where sexting damages one’s personality.

When people have an obsession with the usage of the online world on their mobile phone gadgets, they start ignoring people to make an interaction in real life and always stick with the artificial world. So, social networking is the biggest factor behind distracting conversations, interaction in real life, and lacking emotions and feelings among people.

Possiamo instaurare spontaneamente una conversazione con una persona nella vita reale oppure il nostro futuro è limitato alle emoji e ai 140 caratteri?

Non c'è dubbio che il mondo stia cambiando con ogni momento che passa solo a causa delle invenzioni tecnologiche e della rapida adozione della tecnologia da parte delle persone nel mondo. Possiamo limitare e guidare quelle persone che sono dipendenti dai social media, soprattutto la giovane generazione.