Concetti Chiave
- Social networks are used to stay informed about university groups and keep in touch with distant relatives.
- WhatsApp is preferred for communication with close friends due to its free messaging feature.
- The author dislikes spending excessive time on social media and prefers not to share personal life with strangers.
- Social networks have contributed to more superficial relationships, emphasizing likes over genuine connections.
- The use of social networks fulfills the needs of belonging and self-presentation, impacting personal identity.
Use of social networks
Being part of this generation, I have started to use social networks too for some years especially “Facebook”. I don’t spend a lot of time on it, but I have an account so to be informed about my university groups and to stay in contact with relatives who live far from home. Sometimes even to share photos and control my messages. For close friends I use “Whats' app”, another means of communication that allows you to exchange lots of free messages.
This is because I don’t like to spend the day in front of a computer and I don’t like to publish my entire life to people who I don’t know very well.Social networks have become popular in recent years, and I've noticed a strong difference in the ability of people to relate to each other in friendship and love. I see around me that feelings are more superficial and relationships are based on the number of "likes" received; so while before I spent hours on the phone, now I exchange cold messages waiting for the others to answer me.Thanks to my university studies I have discovered that the use of social networks is motivated by two basic social needs: 1) the need to belong, and 2) the need of self-presentation. The need to belong refers to the need to interact with others and to receive social acceptance and the need of self-presentation to control the impressions. These two factors can also coexist. This is because studies suggest that the use of social networks is connected to the personality and has a strong impact on the construction of ones identity.
Domande da interrogazione
- What are the primary reasons the author uses social networks like Facebook?
- How have social networks impacted interpersonal relationships, according to the author?
- What are the two basic social needs driving the use of social networks, as identified by the author's university studies?
The author uses Facebook primarily to stay informed about university groups, keep in contact with distant relatives, share photos, and manage messages, while preferring WhatsApp for communication with close friends.
The author observes that social networks have made feelings more superficial and relationships are often based on the number of "likes" received, leading to less personal and more detached interactions compared to previous phone conversations.
The two basic social needs are the need to belong, which involves interacting with others and gaining social acceptance, and the need for self-presentation, which involves controlling the impressions one makes on others.
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