By John Maingi
As the world open up, definition of socialization is gradually changing with emergence of virtual world of screens. Being updated is one of the necessity of humanity in 21st Century and failure of being informed with current events affecting us directly or indirectly is like a sin we can try to commit. Once ignored social media has become part of life with telecommunication companies like Airtel and Safaricom coming up with advertisements of free WhatsApp and Facebook. Most of the ads of late have been promoting the need of social media by encouraging users to stay connected. Social media is almost driving us as we try to keep ourselves connected to our friends and world at large.
It seems like technology is driving us at a very high rate as we try to catch up with the latest innovation such as latest smartphone and updating social apps. The need to stay connected has left has with no option but to update our apps or else being ‘locked out of the world’.
Some of social media application commonly used by the youth
Emergence of technocluture has really transformed culture in modern definition to include digital technologies which have for sure changed our normal interaction. The question of who is drivng thee other between the technology and culture has remained debatable for decades as various scholars took different angles in airing their views on the this polemical question.
We no longer have to count on physical presence to socialize, digital space has offerred us diversity of methods to stay connected to our families, friends, profession and the world at large. The fear of being left out as world turn into a global village and as well as the people distant themselves from their ancestral homes in search of opportunities has brought to us with no option but to break the bond of our presence. The creation of the gap of loneliness from our families in turn ushered social media. Technology is really moving us at a very high rate with need of communication device turning into a basic need. However within some young people, Nomophobia has turned out to be a disease which has no medication, with some being ready to do anything just to have their phones in their palms. Likewise, failure to adopt smart methods I countering our stress due social media posts has attributed to depression among the young people and suicide cases related to social media use have been on rise.
Once gradual technology is moving the world at a pace which has presented to us adoption as the only way forward. You miss out and you will never avoid the paradigm of living in your own different world. The global village is never filled up, anytime, anywhere you will always meet your friends, the world will always move with you as more is expected to be invented with dynamic nature of technological innovation.
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