GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS

GLOBALIZATION OF SOCIAL RELATIONS
By Ian Berrocal Azofeifa.

Some years ago, people start to hear about globalization. According to Wikipedia, it was defined as the tendency of markets and enterprises to spread and to pass the national frontiers. Nowadays, globalization is more than only the economical activity. It implied also technologicals, socials and culturals processes; for instance, the social relations.

There are some causes that explain this new processes. First at all, people have more posibilities to access to the Internet and use the electronic communication systems. Second, there are new websites such as hi5, twitter, and facebook; they promote the establishment and development of the relations of the people who use those medias. Third, the complex of the modern world implies that the people must communicate using these systems, especially those who work in offices. Last, the electronic communication can be considered like a culture or a new mode.

Three of the major benefits that we could identify are: the growning of social nets users; improve communication for people with no skills in personal interaction, promote fast and easy communication between people at low cost.

On the other hand, when people exceed the use of internet, they could reduce their abilities and skills for social interaction; furthermore, people could be isolated and experiment emotional disorders. These negative consequences could impact in their normal lives and even in their jobs.

In summary, internet represents a new communication tool that brings people wherever they are, but the use of this tool requires a proper balance for avoiding the negative consequences described. Accordingly, these suggestions can help to eliminate the risk to lose the natural ability of the human beings for interaction.

Source: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalización