It's true. The hours we spend searching for hometown friends, uploading videos, and tagging friends, kills the Body. My next project lends itself to researching trends among college students. So far so good. I've compiled information on the top ten trends (I think), and I've started processing in my mind how some of these known facts about college students are actually killing the physical body, as well as the other Body, the Church Body that is.
We have entered an era where almost every Westernized individual is always CONNECTED. We are known not for our physical network of friends, but rather how many mutual friends we have on facebook. We stalk, talk, and balk on profiles. "We've never met, but I've seen you on facebook." or "That's ok, I don't need your number, I'll find you on facebook."
Social Networking through the web can be a wonderful thing, but when it hinders our ability to connect with the real world, what can be said of it then?
I am not advocating for or agaisnt, or putting my marker on either side of the spectrum, but I am bringing to light (eventually) how being so connected actually disconnects us.
I will admit that as I write this blog, the next tab over says: "Welcome to Facebook!"
Continue to think about thinking,
Emily
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