Social Networks Keeps us Apart Name Institution Course Date Introduction The advent of technology affects how people socialize today. In fact, the emergence of technological gadgets such as computers, the INTERNET, and IPhones resulted in the emergence of social networks. The term social networks could be elucidated as a social structure comprising of nodes that are either organizations or individuals. Critical to the discussion is the fact that social networks represent flows and relationships between people, groups, organizations, or computers (O`Keeffe, Gwenn and Kathleen 2011). It could be argued that the emergence of social networks enables people to interact frequently despite the distance between the individuals who are communicating. However, evidence suggests that social networks could also result in loneliness and isolation. For instance, Kim, Robert, and Wei Peng (2009) reveal that early internet users loved computers more than they loved people, which provided them with recreation and communication. Evidently, social networks have positive and negative effects on the users of the social networks. It is why this paper argues that social network keeps people apart and causes loneliness. To begin with, communicating using technology could disregard the human component of how human connections are constructed. As evidence, without an up close and personal contact, there is no non-verbal information that shows the expectations, feelings,...