Impact of Social Media and more advanced technology on Society

I think it is quite obvious that social media has had a tremendous impact on the world. Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on have pretty much revolutionized the way people communicate in person and socialize on the web. Nowadays people are glued to their smartphones and there is no real communication going on because people are constantly attached to their phones or tablets. This is bad, what has society come too. Advanced technology such as these tablets and smartphones have changed the way society interacts with one another. People don't no how to communicate face to face anymore, and their social skills are lackluster because of these new technological advances where you can communicate without any face recognition. For example this has happened to me quite a few times where I try to have a conversation with younger kids and they don't no how to talk. Obviously this is not the case for everyone at that age but definitely a good majority of young kids struggle to interact because they grew up with a tablet in their hand so to speak. Just this past Easter for example my EIGHT year old cousin who already has a iPhone 6 and iPad was glued to these devices the whole day and whenever he was made to get off he would scream and yell lol. These are just a few examples of how addicting these devices are. I can say proudly that I have deleted all of my social network accounts because when I was in High School I was addicted to it and it without a doubt it affected me. I pretty much ignored the real outside world because of my addiction to gaming and social media websites. I have experienced a lot of the negative affects of social media and I can say today I am glad I am no longer using it.