Did Social media reduce distance between people or not ?
وبودي ان اثري موضوع النقاش باعظم عبارة قالها المفكر العربي الكبير الدكتور مصطفى محمود رحمه الله وطيب ثراه
ان البشرية تقدمت في التكنلوجيا والعلوم المتنوعة، ووسائل التواصل والتخاطب، بل الانسان بات يسبح في فضاء الكون الفسيح، لكننا
،تراجعنا في انسانيتنا وقيم فطرتنا السليمة واصبحت المادة والمادية هي من تحرك واقع حياتنا اليومية
اتراها ضريبة هذا التقدم ان يفقد الانسان هويته الحقيقية
I think the question that Nagham Talib Abdullah has raised about if the social media have/ has reduced the distance between people or not is quite debatable and yet it is extremely important to everyone on earth to attend to.
I said it is debatable because it is subjective as well. I think Nagham Talib Abdullah may be quite aware that many people in my own country here in Africa as well as some people in one of my favorite countries, Iraq, are not able to use the social media fully due due many factors.
This means, access to the social media such as the INTERNET is a precondition to its use or application for communication within or across our geographical distances.Let may agree that for those who have unfettered access to the social media, there is no doubt that the technology has reduced the distance drastically.
But the issue of illiteracy such as INTERNET, computer, media, or functional illiteracy is still a barrier even to people may have access to the social media but are unable to make use of it as they would have liked to do so. Unless these group of citizens are assisted to use the social media, we can say that the social media have/has not reduced the distance for them.
So the answer is both yes and no. Some of the barriers may not be attributed to illiteracy as I have suggested above but due to other factors.This means that there are people who are ready and willing to use the social media to reduce distance but they are prevented by other factors beyond their controls.
For example, INTERNET or social media policies, social exclusion, income poverty, gender inequality or discriminations, cultural factors, economic factors, laws or regulations, disabilities or impairments, environmental factors, politics, ignorance, insecurity, religious fanaticisms, and misconceptions, among others.
Thank you very much for sharing your prudent thought with us on this platform, Be blessed fervor.
Best regards
Wilson
Wilson Okaka
Thank you for your answer, I meant the Moral , spiritual and human spaces between peoples not the Distances of countries or cities.
It increases the distance a lot. Even in a family set up, father, mother and kids will be distance. In family circles and even business circles social media can become an anti social tool. There is need for close social contacts in some cases without using these mediums
Vitalis Basera
I agree with you, we need to keep our life normal as much as we can and need a way from false and fake tools and means
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