▶ Your Answer :
Undoubtedly, communication
plays a significant role in people’s daily lives in many of the places where
they work or play. Some people think that people nowadays spend much more time
than they should using text messages and new technologies such as social media
to communicate while other do not believe this. Both sides have their own
reasons to support their views. If I were asked to choose one, I would say that
people invest as much time as they need in using text messages or social media
for communication. There are several reasons as follows.
To begin with,
the development of technologies prevents people from pouring too much time into
using such state-of-the-art technologies. The technologies have been so improved
that people can have an easier access to social network such as text messages, Whatsapp,
Facebook, or Instagram. This trend is likely to allow them to spend their time
as much as they need. For example, my youngest brother used to be lazy, and he
loved to communicate with his friend through chatting programs. At that time,
he had to go to an Internet café to use these programs because personal
computers were not widely distributed. I have nothing to say about smartphones.
The problem was that he stayed at the Internet café and spent more time than he
thought even if he finished conversation with his friends. This was because the
cost was not cheap, and he was able to use computer for one hour at a time. However,
after the invent of smartphones, he has been able to check messages from all
chatting applications only whenever he wanted. It has been easier to send and receive
messages than before. With such improved technologies, he does not need to
waste his time.
In addition, as
the world has become more diverse, we do not have much time to care about
messages or social media. There are many things to do except for sending messages
or chatting. This tends to deter people from pouring more time than they
should. To illustrate, people in the past had very little activities to enjoy. Thus,
right after the invention of cell phones or social media, they sometimes
communicate through these inventions for a long time. One reason was that they
did not have many kinds of hobbies at that time. However, all sorts of things
are different now. People go skiing to the ski resort in winter, go scuba diving
in summer, or go hiking on a mountain in usual. Indeed, their hobbies become
more diverse, and it becomes easier to face these activities. It means that
there is not enough time to focus on messages or chatting. Moreover, with
smartphones and computers, they can engage in other things than social media. A
variety of games have been made, or people can listen to music and watch a
movie using them. This implies that people do not invest their time more than they
should in communicating through text messages or social media.
All things
considered, I strongly believe that text messages and social media are properly
used in the present for the reasons I have mentioned above. All in all, this
trend will continue and pass down to the next generation.
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