IE application. 2013

1. HOW DO YOU IMAGINE SOCIAL INTERACTION
WITHIN 10 YEARS, TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY
ON HUMAN RELATIONS.
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2. SOCIAL INTERACTION.
Social interaction refers to any relationship between
two or more individuals. It is the result of the
environment where this relationship takes place
and it has an impact on people’s behaviour.
environment
behavior people

3. HISTORY.
People that influenced social interactions of their time
with their inventions, changing the way people
interact.
 Thomas Alva Edison: light
 Alexander Graham Bell: telephone
 Guillermo Marconi: radio
And more recently:
 Bill Gates: Microsoft
 Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook

4. SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE PRESENT.
Social interactions are a result of changes in
technology. However, the effect of this technology
on it has its pros and cons.
Technology Instant
communicati
(such as internet, mobile phone) on
has allowed closer
contact between people. Intercultural
International
relations
relations
Economic
growth

5. PROS.
At business field, internet (skype for example) has
enabled internationalization, updated the available
information, relations worldwide, expansion…
At social field, it allows an ‘easy way of life’
 Shopping from home (more time for work and family).
 Keep in touch with friends.
 Easy relationships.
 Relations between individuals
and businesses.
 Access information.

6. Public
SOCIAL NETWORKS Personal
There are different ways of
social interaction via internet. Professional
 Express yourself: Photolog,
Myspace…
 Public access: Facebook,
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Twitter, Instagram…
 Personal access: Messenger, Whatsapp, Viber…
 Professional access: Linkedin, Infojobs…

7. EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL INTERACTION IN THE
PRESENT.
 Youth mobilizations worldwide, organised using
facebook, claiming their rights.
 When people acknowledged that Michael
Jackson had died, on the internet.
 There are tutorials that teach how to cook, how to
comb the hair, how to dance, in Youtube.

8. CONS.
 CONS: technology can backfire on relationships and
have the opposite effect on them.
 It can cause dependence.
 Reduce socializing
 It can be time consuming
People can become addict to social networks, mobile, and
and this can result in social isolation and a decline in
social interaction

9. CONS.
All technologies should be used with responsibility.
Specially in the case of children, who should be
under their parents’ supervision. Although
technology seems to have only benefited the way
of life, this is not always true. Only if used in a
responsible way, technology will always have a
beneficial effect. Be aware that personal
relationships should prevail upon virtual ones.

10. SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN 10 YEARS.
 Different ways of communication: better ways to
express opinion, easier to create associations all
over the world,
more international
meetings, less
time consuming…
 This greater social interaction will lead to greater
technology development and viceversa.
SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY
INTERACTION DEVELOPMENT

11. SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN 10 YEARS.
 People will spend more time with their relatives as
they will work from home thanks to network
relations.
 No geographic limits
in any field: personal,
professional…

12. SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN 10 YEARS
 People will be able to comunicate with people from
different cultures and with different languages,
there will be no cultural barrier.
 Less social difference.
 Globalization.
 More international businesses.
 Exchanges all over the world, in every field

13. TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS
As seen above, technology is closely related to social
interaction. Every breakthrough in technology leads
to a change in social interaction. It is difficult to
imagine what else can be invented, but we can be
sure that in 10 years people will interact in many
different ways using technology not invented yet.
Social
interaction
Technology changes
improvement

14. THANK YOU.