Are social networking sites like Facebook the best way for teenagers to communicate?

Some time ago, you could only communicate with each other through physical conversation and letters. Today, we have social media, thatwhich get the message across to the recipient in a split second. Teenagers use the internet the most and spend most of their time online. But as in everything, there are arguments for and against.



Firstly, the great advantage of social media is the ability to communicate, regardless. Regardless of the distance we share, we can talk to people from outside our city, country, or continent. What's more, we can make new friends and talk to people with similar interests or views on a given topic, who are not only from our environment.



The big downside of social networking sites is the ability to shape your image in a way that deviates from the truth, which allows you to impersonate someone or create a non-existent person who is functioning only on the Internet. Not being able to see your interlocutor often leads to uncertainty about the integrity of people on the Internet, which can contribute to hatred and negative criticism of the other person.



However, online chatchatting also helps to lengthen the meeting due to the independence of place and time, as opposed to real-life chatting. This allows you to chat with other people from morning to evening, and even at night, where in live conversation this is usually limited.



Moreover, the disadvantage of conversations on websites is the inability to express emotions with facial expressions, physical contact, and tone of voice. Which, which can lead to misinterpretation of the sender's message. As a result, different messages can have completely different meanings.



In my opinion, social networking sites like Facebook are very helpful in remote communication, but to avoid misunderstandings in communicating important information, it's best to meet livein person. A live conversation is often more intimate and strengthens the bond between people.