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The Deteriorating Quality of Human Interaction in the Age of Technology

This exploration delves into how technology, despite its conveniences, diminishes the quality of human interactions. While advancements like smartphones and social media platforms have enhanced connectivity, they've also led to isolation and superficial relationships. With individuals increasingly opting for digital communication over face-to-face interactions, the richness of mutual understanding, emotional expression, and genuine friendships is waning. The consequences include feelings of loneliness, tensions, and misunderstandings, highlighting the urgent need to reassess our reliance on technology for social connections.

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The Deteriorating Quality of Human Interaction in the Age of Technology

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  1. ----------TECHNOLOGY-------- Is technology reducing the quality of human interaction?

  2. Our Stand YES. Technology does reduce the quality of human interaction

  3. Introduction Technology Use of scientific knowledge to manufacture machinery and equipment that provides convenience in our lives. Human Interaction Mutual interactions between two or more humans.

  4. Technology During the 21st Century, due to technological advancements, it has improved the comfort of our lives. e.g. Smart phones, Laptops, Tablets

  5. Social Media Enable people to interact and share virtually. In facebook alone, there are 1.4 billion users. There are still many platforms like twitter and YouTube.

  6. HOWEVER …….

  7. Disadvantages Slowly, technology has disconnected us from the world physically, leading us into a state of isolation. Isolation then leads to the lack of interaction between people, reducing quality of human interaction

  8. Why? Instead of spending time in person with friends, we just call, text or instant message them. When people are together, Some people may still use their phone (e.g. texting, surfing the internet)

  9. Quotation

  10. Problems We May Face SELF-CENTRED| ANTI-SOCIAL| TENSIONS & MISUNDERSTANDINGS

  11. Anti-Social|Self-Centered Less friendly and helpful Reluctant to make friend. More likely to cause problems or troubles Person’s attitude may influence surrounding people’s thoughts.

  12. Tensions and Misunderstandings Lack of understanding between both parties Tensions and misunderstandings between friends and family members.

  13. THE END Thank you

  14. Group 3 Jonathan Ryan Ferdinand Ze Nam Dylan

  15. Rebuttals

  16. How does technology cause misunderstanding and tension? Face to face interaction can also cause tension. By texting we cannot express our feelings-when meeting in real life we cannot experience the physical being of the person, feel the person’s presence. Texting may not show the true feelings of the person( cannot see body language)

  17. How does technology make people more self-centered? By isolating oneself, we only work for the benefit of oneself the person is in a virtual world of only himself without having to care for others.

  18. Misuse of technology that leads to the reduce in quality of human interaction? Technology covers mostly social media E.g. texting

  19. People make friends through social media They may not know the person The ‘friendship’ may not be true

  20. There are some people who become closer through social media. That is only a small handful

  21. Hence technology reduces the quality of human interaction.

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