Topic > Social isolation and its impact on modern society

The face-to-face communication mechanism is the only method to overcome the negative effects associated with virtual connection. This is because the quality of online communication cannot match that of physical meeting in the real world. Online communications also lack the traditional use of body signals. As illustrated in the Relationship Australia survey, most people spend the majority of their time on computers and other internet-connected gadgets while communicating with other people, to the detriment of creating social networks which in turn damage relationships and lead to loneliness (Relationships Australia 2015). . It is therefore important to monitor how a person uses technological platforms and how much time they spend on them since the individual could develop addictive behaviors by spending more time online and not having the time to build real