Many of us spend hours in front of our computers and communicate more by e-mail or instant-messaging than in person. Some people believe that this is good because it helps shy people communicate more openly with others. Others believe that computer communication prevents us from developing interpersonal skills and limits our ability to have meaningful relationships with others. How do you feel about this issue? Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

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Not since long ago, each member of the family had close relationship with each other. It was the time when use of computer was not so prevalent in our society. Each night, all members of the family were accustomed to gather at dinner where politics was discussed, jokes were shared and problems of each family member were discussed. At that time family bonding was strong and each family member knew about the each other’s problems. It had fruitful effects on society. Since solution of the problem was figured out through the collective opinion of family members, generally problem was solved and hence, crime rate and suicide rate was low.

But after the emergence of computer in our daily lives, psychological problems have increased at a fast pace. Family members, even children, sit together on the table for lunch but their focus remains to do chatting on Face book, Whatsapp, Skype, and other social media sites. Personal problems are now seldom discussed on such occasions. People addicted to computer use computers in a rigorous fashion. It deteriorates their health and interpersonal skills are affected adversely. People now prefer to chat on internet rather having direct communication. It is the excessive use of computers in communication process that is making peoples shy rather the case as has been argued in the problem statement.

To conclude, excessive use of computers in communication process has indeed limited our ability to have meaningful relation with each other’s.