Beware of island effect in social network age

Recently, there are http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> media reports, Mr. Zhang and his younger brother and sister meet to go to Grandpa's house to eat dinner, the table on the elderly many times want to talk to grandchildren, But before the children are all holding a mobile phone play, the old man was left out, rage fell off the plate.

Not to think of a popular phrase: "The furthest distance in the world is we sit together, you are playing mobile phone." The above scene has become a precise footnote to this passage. By doing this, people see the fragility of the social networking era. In such an era, there is no lack of communication tools, but many people suffer from poor communication.

More than 20 years ago, most people could hardly imagine that the Internet would bring such profound changes to society. Especially with the introduction of smart phones, the Internet and mobile phones closely combined, human beings are entering a new era of social media. Smartphones are like portable laptops that allow people to get out of the social barriers of the past.

Communication means so diverse that the distance between people should be closer to the right. However, that is not the case. A serious problem with the social networking age is that people are increasingly isolated and less willing to communicate with others face-to-face. The appearance of a large number of otaku and curtilage women really reflects this phenomenon. Now at the table, many people in addition to have to socialize a few words outside, eager to immediately immersed in the mobile phone, and online friends to communicate. Sometimes, the person you communicate with online is actually sitting opposite.

The innovations in social interaction have made the structure of interpersonal relationships more fragile, perhaps to the surprise of Internet inventors. As a result, those who do not master the new technology are invisibly excluded from the social network and become an "island". As the old man mentioned in the report, he is difficult to enter the new world of the younger generation, and can not accept the neglected reality, even if he did not leave, actually has been excluded.

In other words, those who are keen to immerse themselves in mobile phones have become an island. When he looked up around, all he could see was a lively interpersonal desert. Everyone seems very busy, everyone is very lonely, this is the social network era of "island effect."

If we are willing to enjoy the great convenience of new technology, we have to accept a series of negative effects. However, when we see people indulging in the network interaction and increasingly lose the ability and fun of communication, looking at the old people because it is difficult to integrate into the new era and sadly leave, perhaps this phenomenon should be taken seriously. In particular, as smartphones and tablet computers are becoming increasingly younger, children in the home are increasingly addicted to talking to machines (how to keep their children quiet?). Just give him an ipad, now is the time to face up to and solve these problems.

The way to solve these problems is simply to reduce reliance on and obsession with new technologies, and not to be enslaved by new technologies. In this day and age, we cannot completely abandon new communication tools, but we do not need to use it at any time. When friends and family reunion, when and children get along with, might as well put the phone aside, enjoy the family, friendship, and let the other person really feel this.

(Wei Yingjie)