Growing Up With The Internet

Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is becoming more essential for work and social interaction. Our socialization has certainly changed over the last ten or fifteen years as we’ve added new technologies to our lifestyle. While the changes haven’t been perfect, they certainly have not all been for the worse. Most of our social technology has made a positive impact on the way we interact with one another. I personally believe that computer-mediated communication provides society with an easy convenience of communication form, such as online dating from anywhere around the world. I have chosen to write my blog on how technology plays a positive role on socialization.

Some advantages of CMC are obvious. For instance, all CMC is place independent; meaning that the parties do not have to be in the same location to communicate. Certain forms of CMC, such as e-mail, are also time independent; where the parties do not have to participate in the exchange of information at the same point in time. For these reasons, CMC may offer a practical solution to some educational problems relating to time and location. A perfect example of this is what we are going through right now; online courses.

Online dating affords an incredible amount of options to people looking for love. In school you met plenty of members of the opposite sex and online dating is probably the only other time in your life that you will be able to connect with so many other eligible singles. In most cases Internet dating sites are relatively inexpensive so budget isn’t a major concern. Online profiles can give plenty of insight into an individual’s personality, background, hobbies, likes and dislikes, dreams, goals and so forth. The more you know the better equip you are to decide if this is a person you wish to get to know or not. Also, regardless of your background and personality there is almost guaranteed to be people out there who want to get to know you.

Internet dating is a safe and secure way to meet others as long as you use your instincts and plenty of common sense. Meeting a person online gives you the opportunity to exchange e-mails with the person and get to know them at a gradual pace and this helps to melt away some of the awkwardness and insecurity that is often evident on first dates that evolve from traditional dating.

I myself am at a young age in where marriage is the last thing on my mind, so I haven’t had the pleasure of using this service. But in the future, it could be a possibility. The Internet to me is another form of life. Many people in society use it so often because of one key thing, convenience.