Have u ever seen anyone with their faces stuck in their phone and looking like nothing else in the world matters around them? The book You-Topian Dreams: "Semiotics And The New Media" May help you realize why. The book talks about us becoming a 2.0 version of ourselves and being less social. The book explains that we are converging with social networking and soon it will be a huge part of us and without it we will feel like something is missing.The book says that the convergence is inevitable the book concludes by saying we forge the future by what we do and be aware of the things we forge.

I agree with the book about us being more sucked into social networking and believing that we will feel empty without it, but I don't agree that it is inevitable. I don't think it will be inevitable because of people rising to stop it such as M.L.K vs racism. I totally agree becoming self indulged into social networking can really make you less social and reduce physical interaction. But I also believe social networking is a great way to spend extra time you have and get involved more with friends you can't see all the time. Social networking is a good thing and a bad thing to society.

       Having friends online is a nice way to keep in touch and see what they're  up to, but is having too much friends uncool? Ian daly's essay ,"virtual popularity isn't cool-it's pathetic" states that as so. He states that it's not cool to have a lot of friends especially if you don't even know them. Ian talks of "mass infantization" of our culture and also states  online popularity can cause an adult-male to convert and "behave like 13 year-old girls. Ian concludes that,"if you resist you  will be vindicated" and nobody wants that.

      I agree with the fact that it is uncool to have lots of friends on social networking sites or even apps especially if you don't talk to them or even know them. I also think that it's pointless to keep on having to check on your account to see if someone messages you or not, or even poked you. But I also believe that social networking is a great way to keep up with the news wether it be from society or between friends. Social networking is a must have to be cool, but is uncool to over  socialize. I think that people should just stop worrying about what others would think and just do them.