Computers are damaging social skills - negative.?

soo...

i;m in a debating team...

we are the negative team for this topic.

the topic is that computers are damaging social skills.

anything you think we could talk about?

Computers are damaging social skills - negative.?liveupdate

There was an interesting debate on a similar subject over at The Economist - in particular relating to social networking and education. They were basically arguing whether social networking was a positive or negative influence.... the positive argument won so you mind get some useful information there.

http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cf...

Computers are damaging social skills - negative.?nortin

I think there are strong arguments for both sides.

Computers are damaging social skills in many ways.

1. Decreased spelling ability for the average student, and over usage of acronyms (I'm at the crotchety old age of 24 and had all of this omfg, lmfao, ttyl B.S.)

2. Less direct social interaction. This is much more legit than my complain in the first point. When people come together socially and interact, there are much more ideas being communicated than simply the words expressed. The body language, the eye contact, the subtle unconscious reactions (blushing, flinching). ALL of these lead to a more accurate conveyance of an idea or story. When only email/text/IM is being utilized, it's reducing the amount of information being transferred. It makes it less personal, less real.