I was reading Anya Kamenetz's article "The Network Unbound" and her suggestion of the potential power of social networking websites raised a question or two for me. I immediately thought of CNN's collaboration with You Tube to bring us the 2007 presidential primary debates. Never before were the questions to the candidates coming exclusively from a social networking website. Most would agree that both the questions and delivery of such questions were never before so entertaining and maybe even more interesting than the candidates' answers.
As more avenues are created for social networking via the Internet, the general population does not seem to have an issue embracing such technology and using it to its fullest extent. Although such advances in social networking initially appear productive, powerful, and entertaining, I've sometimes wondered if such networks could potentially become harmful and help to destroy our interpersonal skills, or is it possible that our interpersonal skills will evolve with technology? Have they already begun to do so?
