IELTS Writing Practice 6 Task 2

     Recently, many form of technology have been offered to make communication easier and have altered the way of interaction. Internet usage has grown significantly for several years and has been one form of communication technology which every people at this moment know and even utilize everyday. Internet development makes many people and companies compete each other to develop software and website which nowadays we know several of them, such as Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, and Yahoo. The development of communication technology has positive and negative impacts and they will presented in following paragraph.

     Presently most people know social media which heavily depends on internet and use it to interact with their friends and families because it make communication easier. Now, we can find easily to find our old friends and even have a talk with people who far away from our location. For example, when you are in Indonesia and your partner is in America, it was a big problem in the past because there was not any technology could help you to interact with your couple, but now it is not a big problem because you can use some kind of chatting and webcam programs, for instance, BBM and Skype. Moreover, some people are more willing to express their opinion in public because usually shy people find it difficult to express their opinion openly, so it is easier to express it in social media.

     However, it has drawbacks. Some people say that their quality time with their families and friends is decrease because they are engrossed to play social media rather than to meet face-to-face. Sometimes, when you hang out with your friends, you can see that our friends usually look or check something in their mobile phone monitor which social media and it distract the communication between you and your friends. In addition, some kinds of social media are designed properly, so it is very addictive and people can not loose their sight because  it is very attractive.

     I conclude that the development of communication technology has positive and negative impacts. Communication technology, which in this case is internet, transform the communication of people which is easier and faster. Nevertheless, by using them is still apparent interaction and not better than to talk directly with real people. So, we should manage it well in order to get maximum benefits and reduce the disadvantages.