The Third Culture
The Third Culture is created by the internet. This culture is good for some participants and can be bad for others. This culture or Secret Cyber world that helps people that are shy and have problems expressing themselves in a traditional face to face forum. Without this Third Culture, the members of this Culture wouldn't be able to express their ideas and opinions and discuss their point of view with their peers. Chat rooms, news groups,Im's and email is the medium for this. The confidence that they might be lacking when trying to relay ideas is increased because they can take their time, think about what they want to say and them proof read it. Bingo, they got their point across.The bad thing I see is sometime, people of this culture get addicted to it. I have seen this in all age groups. They get started playing these games "building their character", and forget about real life. They spend their life on this machine in a world that is not real. This is unhealthy mentally. I have seen this happen to a 43 year old man. All of his free time was spent playing this game. He neglected his wife and children and finally his wife had to put her foot down over his addiction.
Another negative that can transpire due to this culture is not being able to relate to people. In the real world we have to interact with people. I have observed that some of the younger people who are computer geeks have a difficult time interacting with people face to face. When the time comes when they have to work, interaction with people is the most important aspect of a job. Your boss, your co-workers, clients and general public the are crucial ingredients that will determine your success. Home schooling is very popular now. Scholastically it may be better but socially it is a catastrophe. Kids need to interact with other kids. Especially when they are in high school. This time is the most crucial time of your life. You need to observe and react to your environment around you. Too much of being in this Third Culture is not good! Like my Italian Grandmother said, who came to the United states in 1923, too much of anything is no good. She had wisdom beyond her intellect.
2 comments:
I totally agree that cyber culture is a third culture. People that is not totally comfortable with expressing themselves in traditional ways are able express themselves through their profiles on the internet. Cyber cultures are here to stay and are growing in today's community.
I like how you said that neglect of personal interaction can be damaging too. I think we tend to forget that not only personal relationships, but professional ones as well also depend on personal interaction
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