CONNECTED BUT ALONE

Connected but alone, did you feel that you are connected to somebody but still
alone? According to Puruesh a linguist. ‘’We are all connected but Unknown”. Yes we
are, we are all connected in social media but in real life situation we are not. It is because
Social Media plays a big role in shaping our society and even inside in the family.

We are now in modern world, we used technology in many purposes and it has a
great impact in our life especially in communication. Where we are actually meant to
find ourselves that has been replaced with by social media and online communication
and we have lost the things we need in order to be able to have the real interaction or
conversation. Sometimes we cannot imagine our life without cellphone and computers,
which provided to us of more opportunities to communicate with others. We’re just
connected inside the internet especially in social media through technology but in real
life situation we are not connected and still alone it is because of technology, seems we
focuses on it rather than the individual that surrounds us.
We almost forgotten who truly we are because we are putting ourselves on Social
Media world not in a world of interaction that serve of knowing each other. We don’t
know how to deal with other people anymore because we never practice it and our
culture of being friendly become fade. On the other hand, we are practice to be
dependent on technology like phones to create interaction to any peers but not
personally. We’re missing those great relationships and opportunities that we need to
express to other in our daily lives because the attempt of being confident become less.
Technology is always there for us because it is extremely useful for our daily routine
but It can distract our daily life activities like making bonds in family and sharing
experiences in personal way. Social Media is becoming a huge problem in our
community because it focuses on updates and trends. In Addition, instead of face to
face conversation we are relying on phones and computers to send up information even
in a meter away of distances. In fact, we are so dependent on social media but we never
observed that we are not connected in our love ones personally. For an instance, “In a
family before, inside of the house it creates a field of conversation and bonding unlike in
this modern world. Now, each of individual in a family members focused on technology
which serves their happiness of conversation through networking but in a practical world
they are not “. And it is called “Connected but Alone” we are all connected on social
media but we are actually alone in practical, we are all friends on social media but we
never experience bond in personal, means were not friends in a practical world.
Therefore, I conclude that Technology is useful for fast communication but making
this habit is a serious condition to change our lifestyle that affects our interaction to others.
If we were one of the victims of this habit let us try to make less active and less focus on
artificial happiness. Happiness is on Peer, Family, Friends and even Love ones not on
Social media that makes us Fame but in a short term of time. I am not saying we should
avoid using technology and social media in our daily life but we must handle them as a
responsible user. Since they are tool for development and success enjoy using them for
communicating and advertising in a proper time and management.
CONNECTED BUT ALONE

EDU M. MAZO
1ST YEAR BEED