I remember it started from sending telegram, then to mailing of letters and delivery by post men, then to telephone calls and later through emails. Now most people deal with the social networking site and true friends communicate through instant messaging. In the virtual world friends communicate through facebook, tweeter and many networking sites. The link below explains how friendship has evolved . http://www.articlesbase.com/relationships-articles/internet-friendship-turning-distant-friendship-in-to-reality-174317.html Internet friendship has bridged the gap to a great extent. The basic fundamentals of communication are exchanging informations opinions and ideas and
these can be utilized through the use of internet.//http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/6/4/487
Some basic elements of communication are facial expression, tone of the language, eye contact and position of your body. Now due to technology, communication can take place within seconds without noticing all these elements. Now the question I ask myself and want to know is this social interaction through the internet reliable?, Has it really transformed the community in a positive or negative way?
Lina,
ReplyDeleteTechnology has greatly influenced the way we communicate. It has really given us the opportunity to converse with people all around the world.
This said, I am of the opinion that it is not necessarily for the best, and cannot, in all instances be relied upon. The ability to create our online personalities makes it difficult to have an intimate relationship with another.
People are no longer as involved in their communities and do not seem to be participating in extracarricular activities. Because of the popularity of social networking sites,we are more involved in online communications than in our real life relationships. I worry that this will continue in a downward spiral until we no longer communicate with those around us in a personal manner. One author from WikiAnswers (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_has_technology_changed_our_lives) believes that we "rely on computers and TV, and ignore the age old secrets and principles that our parents relied on. Kids spend their time on MSN, Bebo, Facebook or Twitter, instead of riding bikes, playing ball and having fun..."
I think this is a real concern that many of us don't realize.
Lina it is true that it seems letter writing to friends and penpals was done in another life time. It seems such a long time ago that we frequently communicated via regular mail. But to be honest I do like the email technology very much because it does have some impressive advantages over regular mail and I will choose emailing any day over regular mails. For one it is faster and no need to go to the post office to buy stamps and mail it. Also one does not need to worry about missing mails. See this website for more information on the advantages of emailing http://tools.devshed.com/c/a/Newsletter-Marketing/Advantages-of-Email/. By Collette
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