Phi 103 Week 3 Assignment
- 1 - [no notes on this page]Running head: SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECT ON INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 1 Social Media Effect on Interpersonal Relationships Brenda Rouse PHI103: Informal Logic Instructor: Teresa Knox February 13, 2017 - 2 - 1 1. relationships.
Good format [Teresa Knox] SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECT ON INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 2 Social Media Effect on Interpersonal Relationships The twenty-first century has experienced a sporadic increase in the use and innovation of technology. There has been much improvement in people’s daily activities due to evolution in innovations. However, so has been the increase in discussion on the appropriateness and the costs that the society has had to pay because of the progress. For instance, use of social media has been an issue that has led scholars to conduct extensive surveys, interviews, and experiments with the hope of getting a grip on whether it has been of positive or negative influence to the society. Among the most commonly, asked question is the role it has played in affecting interpersonal relationships. Different theorists and scholars have had different opinions some of which can be deduced through logical reasoning. One of the standard forms of expressing an argument, which I will use in this discussion to draw a conclusion on the issue, would be:
P1: Communication with peer groups primary motivation of social media use P2: Communication with peers promotes interpersonal relationships C1: Social media enhances interpersonal relationships.
The first premise has been a result of some of the different studies that have been influenced by the advent of increased social media use. According to Valerie Barker (2009), scholarly data on the issue produced results that implied that a significantly high number of social media users get to use the different platforms with the hope of interacting with their peers (p. 211). Consequently, the respondents viewed the various platforms as an alternative to calling their peers or sending them messages on their phones as a way of interaction. Before popularization of social media, people would use their telephones to call or send messages to their peers with the hope of engaging in a dialogue that would culminate in improved relationships. Therefore, social media was seen as an alternative form of communication. - 3 - 1 1. relationships.
Good work. [Teresa Knox] SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECT ON INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 3 The second premise seeks to create a boundary between the first one and the conclusion. Notably, one cannot engage in communication without expressing his or her ideas or emotions. After all, communication is the one method using which one can send a message to a different party. Therefore, in the course of communicating, different people get to learn about others and, in the process, determine how best to deal with each other under different circumstances. As a result, the relationship between the two parties improves after some time. In this context, communication improves the interpersonal relationships between the people involved.
Following a deductive reasoning from the first to the second premise, it is inarguably true that social media improves interpersonal relationships between the parties involved. According to the first premise, social media is just but a contemporary means of communication. Therefore, it plays the role previously played by other communication means such as faxes, telephones, and letters. On the other hand, the second premise notes that the communication facilitated by the different channels through which it could be conducted interpersonal relationships. Getting one’s message across to a particular audience gets the said audience to appreciate how they should conduct themselves around the sender. In this context, social media is just but another instrument that facilitates communication. Therefore, communication improves the relationships between the parties. Connecting the two premises yields an answer to the issue by giving the solution that social media indeed improves interpersonal relationships. - 4 - 1 1. 209-213.
The assignment required you to cite 2 sources. [Teresa Knox] SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECT ON INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 4 Reference Barker, V. (2009). Older adolescents' motivations for social network site use: The influence of gender, group identity, and collective self-esteem. CyberPsychology & Behavior , 12 (2), 209-213.
