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Some people believe that smart phones are destroying social interaction today. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of our lives. There is a widespread belief that these technologies are the main reason for the destruction of social communication. I agree that
smartphones
 are killing social interaction. In
this
essay
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 I will provide some important factors which
proves
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this
 statement.
Firstly
, most
people
 tend to
use
smartphones
 as a form of communication because it is much easier than interaction in the real world. Even though it is more interesting and easier to
use
 social media to communicate with other
people
, these kinds of interactions are destroying the willingness of
people
 to meet with others in real life. A vivid example is the fact that most
people
 choose to stay at home and
use
 Instagram, Facebook and other types of social media which makes them addicted to
smartphones
. As they get less interested in
real world
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 interactions, they are getting more and more introverted.
Secondly
, some individuals prefer using their
smartphones
 on special occasions to communicate with
people
. These days, when
people
 meet to spend some quality time with their friends most of them,
instead
 of interacting with others
use
 their mobile devices. To illustrate,
for instance
, at my birthday party one of my friends was using his mobile phone to chat with his other friends
while
 everybody was celebrating for me. In conclusion, I strongly agree that
smartphones
 are the main reason for ruining social interaction as it makes
people
 addicted to
such
 devices and less interested in real-world communication.
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