The spoken word, under the right
circumstances, is a powerful thing.
Tuan knew this and acknowledges the power
words can hold when he wrote, “[A] warm conversation between friends can make a
place itself seem warm; by contrast, malicious speech has the ability to
destroy a place.” (Tuan, 1991) (Unknown) . With the
world’s technology advancing at a magnificent rate, our forms of social and
verbal interaction are constantly evolving to keep up. The language barrier
between people is quickly shrinking as subtitling programs are tweaked and
updated, allowing us to connect with more people than ever before. Each virtual
network grows into a flourishing metropolis; every street filled with entrepreneurs
and poster children for human rights. It’s makes it easy to forget the greed
and malice that lurks in the shadows of those who succeed.
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| Used and Abused (Unknown) |
Every social network has them, people who
hid behind default picture and anonymous forums; and it is no different for
social media Tumble. Children and adults alike are stabbing at each other with
hate-filled comments behind the safety of their keyboards and touch screens
with no regards for the people on the receiving end of their blows. There are
many excellent examples, but the LGBTQ community on Tumblr is one that particularly
stands out. There have been many cases where members of the community were
harassed, some to the point of death. It goes to show that while words can
empower, they can also destroy a person – turning their once beautiful and
hopeful metropolis in a city of hell.
Bibliography
Tuan,
Y.-f. (1991). Language and the Making of Place: A Narrative-Descriptive
Approach . Taylor & Francis.
Unknown. (n.d.). thatsnotcool. Retrieved from
https://thatsnotcool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/infographic-1-370x240.jpg.
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