Presenting Arguments

Discussion Week 1 PHI 103

*Does social media enhance or hinder interpersonal relationships?

Argument 1

Premise 1: Social Media is used by a lot of people all around the world to stay connected with loved ones and friends and also meet new people that have the same interest as you.

Premise 2: Pictures, videos, life events (marriage, graduation, birth of a child, etc.), thoughts and feelings and news can be shared with anyone in the world instantly.

Conclusion: Social Media can help improve interpersonal relationships by allowing individuals the opportunity to stay connected with friends, media and family near and far at any point in someone’s life.

Argument 2

Premise 1 Social Media is a form of obsession. Continuously scrolling and viewing content can decrease the stimulus in a person, or lack of interest in experiencing the real physical world.

Premise 2 Viewing the world constantly by only viewing social media, can decrease your verbal and written skills.

Conclusion Social Media can hinder interpersonal relationships with your individual self and others around you. The want to get out and explore the world and have an adventure is replaced by “news stories, snaps, and tweets”. Handwriting is getting very hard to read and people do not speak in proper sentences anymore. The conversations are made up of slang words.