It is true that in today’s world some people prefer to communicate online instead of face to face. I personally think it is a negative development since it yields more negative than positive results in social development.
For centuries, human beings have interacted each other face to face to be aware of news and other things, but today with the increase of technology it is not difficult anymore to make conversation online with humans. Online communication open up many opportunities, such as convenience. Individuals do not have to go to a particular place or allocate special time or money for fare, thereby they can save their time and money without any exceptions. Another good example is that they can connect to one another whenever, wherever they desire or have time. For instance, face to face communication restrict us from several things, we cannot make a chat with international friends or relatives in other countries. However, technology provide such chances, me, for example, always chat online with my Turkish friend in Telegram. The most beneficial thing of online communication is that we can stay in touch with our every close people and as result we can create a strong connection between us which contributes to social development.
On the other hand, it is inevitable that with such conveniences, people today are forgetting the importance of face to face communication, namely they usually select online chat. There are also some negative results in such action. First and foremost, we are humans who need other one’s energy, love to recharge our batteries and be better prepared for following days, and offline communication enables us to do them. In online chats we cannot feel other’s emotions, we can just see their face, but this alone cannot help fully understand them. Therefore, face to face conversation is much more useful in such moments since humans can realize each other’s internal condition only in this communication. Moreover, there are such situations in which people need face to face conversation, such as depression, illness. Only our family, best friend’s hug, empathy can console, motivate us to recover from our ailments.
In conclusion, while there are several benefits in online conversation, in my opinion, face to face one still has a crucial role in society and it remains its importance forever.