Topic > What is the importance of social media? - 964

Facebook users trust the Facebook platform to meet their daily communication needs, this has caused a lack of face-to-face communication between people, friends, family and loved ones. A study conducted by (name) shows that the increasing lack of face-to-face interaction between people increased from 6% to 16% from 2001 to 2007 (name). It is proven that a lack of face-to-face communication can lead to unproductive or meaningless conversations, which can then lead to misunderstandings and possibly unhealthy arguments. Mercola, a website that regularly publishes health-related articles, describes how “research has shown a significant increase in neural synchronization between the brains of two partners during face-to-face conversation, but not during other types of conversation” (Mercola) . . In addition to the study, Facebook does not have the necessities for personal conversation that can help generate creative ideas during the conversation, necessities such as facial expressions, tone of voice and an unconscious connection between people that comes from talking face to face ( Mercola). This demonstrates how Facebook has altered the way we communicate by minimizing our person-to-person interactions in our daily lives, thus affecting people's interpersonal communication and leaving room for misinterpretations and