Evelyn/ Has New Media Changed Our Lives For The Better

New media has changed our lives for the worse because people are now more isolated from one another. This causes society to misinterpret and lose commmunication with one another. In today’s society, people especially the youths use numerous forms of new media as a source of information and especially for communication. This encompasses the internet, television and handphones. The usage of such media as a source of communication reduces the need for face to face contact as everything that needs to be relayed on to the other party can be done through mediums such as text messaging, facebook and e-mails. As a result, this causes most of society to become isolated from the rest of the world. This can be seen in today’s society where youths use text messaging to talk to others. They have become such a huge consumer group that many providers have acknowledged them as part of their consumer base. Such an act occurs as youths tend to use text messaging to relay even the simplest of messages to people who may be just next to them. Such a trend as society progresses will grow elevating the problem and cause increased isolation that will result in miscommunications and social breakdown.