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Social Media and the Communication Gap: Are We Really Connecting

  • Unique Paper ID: 172874
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 8
  • PageNo: 3490-3495
  • Abstract:
  • Social media has revolutionised communication. The modern world experiences immediate global communication because of this technology. The social media networks Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok and others enable connections between people across personal and professional relationships and cultural differences. The swift growth of social media platforms has generated multiple communication problems between users. Social media creates multiple misunderstandings while providing incorrect information to users. The number of genuine personal connection has diminished. Social media outlets state that they provide increased connections between people worldwide. What we experience through technology requires us to question our true connection with others since it seems to create digital not social distance. The research investigates social media platforms' effects on people connections while evaluating both their beneficial and detrimental aspects. The inability to detect non-verbal cues stands as a critical problem when it comes to communication between people through face-to-face dialogue. Talking with someone involves interpreting their body movements and hearing their voice quality and facial responses. Online messaging lacks the nonverbal signals which help people understand one another. Poor communication occurs due to this issue. The issue of receiving incorrect information and restricted content dissemination is a critical problem. People on social media channels receive media content that matches their existing viewpoints. This creates filter bubbles. It stops open discussions. These factors lead individuals to increase their pockets of biased beliefs and create deeper divisions. The combination of private and public communication occurs through social media platforms. Online messages recreate discussions that seem artificial because they lack genuine emotions. The lack of authentic people connection through digital communication results in lonelier individuals who believe they have strong social ties. Studies confirm that peoples remain less socially connected in reality despite existing in a world of ongoing connectivity. Studies demonstrate that social isolation as well as mental health problems become worse because online relationships replace personal face-to-face discussions with others. One should recognise the beneficial qualities that social media platforms offer. Through its platform social media enables democracy of information exchange and empowers disadvantaged groups and supersedes time limitations for worldwide communication. Users can both distribute their ideas and spark social movements and sustain contacts across large distances using this platform. In critical emergencies social media serves as a critical platform for crisis management by connecting separate geographic locations to assist in critical moments. This paper uses qualitative research methods to study the impact of social media through understanding communication pattern changes. This research examines digital connection from both psychological and cultural and technological perspectives to find out how social media affects meaningful conversation. The unprecedented connectivity of social media platforms produces communication gaps that experts must seriously inspect. You need to create digital literacy expertise and practice social media accountability and teach people about communication bias awareness to fix these gaps. The study demands a balanced strategy that combines people connections with technological progress to prevent social media from creating communication gaps in people interaction.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 8
  • PageNo: 3490-3495

Social Media and the Communication Gap: Are We Really Connecting

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