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Band 7+: How might the increasing reliance on technology impact the development of interpersonal skills in young adults?

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I think the increasing reliance on online communication can actually affect the social skills of young adults both negatively and positively. On the positive side, by relying on online communication, it can help young adults interact with people from other countries and places. It can actually enable them to reach a wider audience as opposed to just interacting with people in the same area. However, by relying more on online communication instead of offline meetings, it can actually reduce social skills because young adults can become too comfortable talking on their phones instead of meeting face to face. Hence, it can negatively affect them because it makes them afraid to meet people in real life.

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I think increasing the reliance on online communication can actually affect the social skills in your adult both negatively and positively. For the positive side, by relying on online communication, it can help young adults to interact with people from other countries, from other places. it can actually enables them to bridge wider audience as opposed to just interact with people that is in the same area of them. However, by relying more on online communication instead of offline or meeting in place, it can actually reduce the social skills because young adults can be more too comfortable in just talking with phones instead of meeting up face to face and hence it can actually affect them negatively because it makes them be afraid to actually meet people in real life.

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actually: 3

young: 3

adults: 3

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social: 2

skills: 2

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relying: 2

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