Nowadays, the so-called ‘Cyberculture’ is taking over the
daily lives of people in first-world countries. Nobody can separate their real
life and virtual or cyber life anymore, meaning that the Internet and
especially social media are now taking over our lifestyles.
Can we talk about an Internet addiction already?
The saying “The one who is furthest to you, is your closest;
the one closest to you, is the furthest” can be interpreted in this sense that
today, people may neglect their real-world friends in order to communicate
virtually to their cyber-friends. Therefore, a friend who is sitting next to
you cannot communicate with you while you communicate with someone virtually on
your gadget via for example Skype, WhatsApp, Facebook, or Twitter.
To define ‘being asocial’ means lacking in communicating
with a counter part for example while being online. Furthermore, ‘being anti
social’ aims at being rude and harmful to another person verbally.
Being asocial while communicating with another person online
rather than communicating with the person who is siting next to you is anti
social. However, if a person is being verbally anti social to their opposite,
it is impossible to be asocial because two-way communication is in practice.
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