Dark side of communication

Jordan Dickerson

11/11/14

                                                            

 

There are numerous things we can say that is wrong with communicating online. The problem with online communication is that it can have a greater effect on people than they assume it can. For example in the episode of catfish we watched in class. The girl’s best friend pretended to be a guy that she really liked in order to save herself from a major heart ache. However instead of saving her form it, she weakened their friendship and trust in the process.

This happens a lot in online communication. Often time’s people feel a sense of anonymity and therefore are less bound to show who they are in real life and more likely to portray a false image to whomever they choose to communicate with online. Trolling is another example of people abusing their right to online communication. Trolling is someone who constantly disrupts online communities for their own sake. Most of the time these people just want to get an emotional response from the people they target. These troll’s will basically say anything pertaining to religion sex, race and culture to get feedback from whoever they want.

Once again anonymity plays a major role in why online communication is so bad. People feel that since there in no responsibility for what they say or do online then that gives them the right to do anything they want. They feel a lot freer than they would if they were face to face. Online communication should be taken with caution, be aware that the person you may be communicating with might not be real, and also be open to the fact that people can say almost anything they want to you so I would recommend that you not divulged to much information about you or your where about to anyone through CMC, They way I see it is FTF is the best and safest kind of communication.  So the faster you meet in person the better.