Social Media inhibits face-to-face communication skills. Social medias are inhibiting face-to-face communication skills. This is particularly true with college age and young adults. Social media has its own abbreviated language that isn't conducive to clearly expressing oneself in the written word or in face-to-face communication. Many young adults spend the majority of their time communicating via Facebook, Twitter and other social media. This doesn't leave much time to practice actual verbal communication that includes a certain amount of etiquette. Employers comment that many young applicants simply don't have the social skills needed to participate in a business setting. Professors note that written and verbal skills are lacking in students and in relationships. It's also interesting to note that some young adults are troubled by this as well. As people begin to realize that face-to-face communication is important for establishing relationships, they will begin practicing or find help to learn those skills. Recruiters, employers, professors and older adults can help younger adults understand the necessity of practicing all types of communication. Peers that are securing jobs and having effective relationships built on face-to-face communication will influence their friends. Social media should be a compliment to face-to-face communication. Check out the following messages to learn more about how social media inhibits face-to-face communication skills.
A Teen Speaks
http://www.slideshare.net/CEP810/group-2-technology-and-social-skills-1588209
You tube - Social Networks and Communication Skills
Social Networking hurts the communication skills of college students
Teen's letter to the editor
You tube - Where's the communication?
There are all types of learners. Videos are a great way to engage people and share information. A video encompasses visual and audio senses. It makes a viewer feel like they are there - a participant. The interviews and comments on communication by younger people in these videos gives more credibility to the topic - it makes a bigger impact than just the written word. Topics are more interesting and reach a broader audience when there is more than one way to experience them.
ReplyDeleteIKEA put video to work for them when they launched a Facebook campaign to introduce a new store in Malmo. A Facebook page was started for the store manager. Showrooms were posted and the first person to tag it, won it! People were sharing and clamoring for more. Social media engaged people, drove them to IKEA and gave the something in return. The Facebook page took on a life of its own. The campaign was much more successful with the video showrooms. Check it out . . . engaging, clever, and using media that is easily available.
http://youtu.be/0TYy_3786bo