In 2016, Global Web Index reported that the average internet user spent an average of 2.1 hours per day on social networking websites, up from 1.6 hours per day in 2012. This is separate from other internet or computer-based time and reflects visits to social media sites alone. More to the point for our purposes, the report found that sixteen- to twenty-four-year-olds led the charge at 2.67 hours of social media consumption per day. So we’re talking about 105 minutes of time for the average user, and 160-plus minutes for the sixteen- to twenty-four-year-old group. Every day. Talking to people they may or may not know.
Reflect on this for a minute. Do you know the people you interact with on social media? If you have a Facebook account, have you seen/met/shaken hands with/hugged every one of your “friends?” If not, can you truly call them friends? What do we mean by friends? Friendship, as described by Alice von Hildebrand in her article “Canons of Friendship,” is more than simply enjoying the presence of another or exchanging ideas. Friendship is about the concern we have for another, our willingness to help others during times of need. In friendship we care about and love others simply because they are who they are, and we want to act on our love. Here’s another way to look at it: How many of your Facebook friends would you be willing to help move?
Levels of Communication
So what? So we spend all this time on social media. So we might not know everybody on our contacts list. Is this a problem? Well, it could be. Let’s take a few steps back and talk about how we, as people, communicate.
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