Just look at alcohol, smoking, even eating. It would be difficult to find anyone agreeing that reading books are damaging to society. Books are looked upon as aids to the learning experience. Soon, CMC will the gain the acceptance of people just as the television did, and it will not longer pose a threat to our communities. Now, the introduction of CMC poses another threat.
Communication is essential to establishing a community.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs includes a step dedicated to a person's need of association and community. This is how communication becomes so important to the issue of CMC and the relationships that form through it. CMC provide another channel for people to express themselves. Community is a vague word that assumes a new interpretation with everyone who uses it. Even after a class discussion, members could not come to a consensus on what exactly a community is.