The rise of social media has affected personal relationships and society as a hole. Do the advantages of using social media for communication outweigh the disadvantages?

In

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digital world, more and more people gravitate towards online communication. from my perspective,

this

approach, albeit somewhat beneficial, may come at

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expense of more pronounced drawbacks. On the one hand, communicating through social networking sites is advantageous. One prominent benefit is that it allows people to contact

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when we are far away from others. As a matter of fact, there

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severals

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apps,

for instance

, Discord, Messenger and Twitter that make phone calls now quicker, more convenient and economical when compared with the traditional paper method which necessitates

delivery

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man we used in the past.

In addition

, as we are using the same network, we can now broaden our social circle and make friends with

foreigner

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foreigners

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in order to widen our

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about their long-established cultures.

This

acts as a bond to strengthen the relationship between nations.

On the other hand

, I am convinced that the aforementioned advantages pale in

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comparison

with the disadvantages of online contact.

First,

overdependence on social media may affect human well-being.

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much exposure to blue screens can result in myopia and increase the risk of obesity if we spend too much time glued to our

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chatting with friends. Worse still, the lack of face-to-face interaction deprives people of public speaking skills.

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, we will feel ashamed and withdrawn from the crown as can be witnessed in the case of Vietnamese students coming back to school after the COVID-19 lockdown. To summarise,

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communicating on virtual platforms is far more convenient and easier to find friends.

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writer

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that these advantages are arguable and that the disadvantages are more glaring, as seen in how it impacts

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our health and soft skills.