Introduction
In the modern days, technology has greatly advanced and this has brought improvement in the way human beings communicate. For instance, the emergence of the use of the internet in communication has led to the development of social networks, has brought about online dating, online shopping, blogging, use of text-messaging among others that have facilitated communication among human beings. All these have brought in improvement in people’s lives. The use of modern technology in communication has made people’s lives better by making it possible for them to gain from each other socially and economically in the case where the technology has been used in the right way.
Human Communication and modern technology
Modern technology has led to development of social networks which have played a major role in improving the way people interact and communicate with each other. For instance, social networks such as facebook have enabled people to reconnect. There have been cases where people may have been, sometime back, classmates, neighbors, or workmates and may have stayed for long without knowing each other’s whereabouts. Modern technology has made it possible for these people to communicate and interact once again and this would otherwise have not been possible in the absence of modern technology. More so, such networks have enabled people to make new friends who might have turned out to be important people in their lives. It is not surprising that those people who were once strangers end up marrying and having children after interacting with one another, initially, through the social networks and online dating. I can personally relate this to the case of my sister where she met her husband online. Initially, they were strangers but through communication and interaction on social networks, they were able to get married and they now have a boy who is three years old. In the absence of modern technology, it would be very hard for people who may be strangers to effectively communicate with one another and engage in dating and eventually getting married. Improvement in communication among people has also been facilitated by use of such technologies as e-mail and text-messaging. Communication has been made possible between people who are far apart across the globe. This has enabled people to improve their social lives through interaction without moving from one region to the other. For instance, currently I do engage in communicating with my friends who are in Russia through e-mail while I am here.
Modern technology has led to economic gains among people. From the advent of online shopping, people who engage in carrying out purchases as well as those who engage in selling have realized economic improvement in their lives. For instance, the costs involved in moving around to do shopping, especially from one country to the other or from one region to the other, have been cut and one is able to shop on the internet. Personally, I do engage in online shopping and have greatly gained from this. On the side of the one selling, there has been an increase in the total sales as compared to the time when the modern technology was not developed. This technology has enabled sellers to access customers all over the world. There has been easy communication between the concerned parties in carrying out transactions.
When modern technology is used in the right way, it can play a very great role in bridging the generation gap and thus improving communication and social interactions between the young people and the old people. Through social networks, the old people and the young people have been able to interact. Through this interaction, the two generations have been able to understand each other and where advice has been needed to the young people, this has been given more easily and in a most convenient way. Where the young people have had some concerns, these have been made aware to the old generation more freely and a consensus has always been reached.
Conclusion
The use of modern technology in communication has made people’s lives better by making it possible for them to gain from each other socially and economically in the case where the technology has been used in the right way. For instance, the development of social networks has improved people’s interactions in that some people have been able to reconnect, others have been able to meet new friends and even gone to an extent of marrying. More so, there have been economic gains, both to sellers and buyers, through engaging in the online shopping. The buyers have accessed goods and services easily and the sellers have been able to access a large number of customers worldwide. Modern technology has played a role in narrowing the gap between the young and old generation. Through social networking, the young and the old people have interacted and they have been able to understand each other. It can therefore be concluded that the development of modern technology is of much gain and has played a very big role in making human beings to be better communicators and this has enabled them to improve their social lives as well as their economic lives.