I must say by far this has been one of my most best and interesting class. Dealing with f2f relationships verse communicating over the internet has advantages as well as disadvantages. I was most surprised to see how teens take the usages of cell phones and internet to another level. Someone reading this may say, “Why are you surprised?” The reason being is, most teen are in school how do they find the time to spend 90% of the day texting and on the internet? Well according to Lenhart and Ling reading (Teens and Mobile Phones) it’s true.This is probably one of the reasons webspeak is so popular. I guess it’s the society we are living in everything is so instantly. Look at it this way interpersonal communicating is taking place every day over the internet. Most of the times when building a relationship over the internet you have to use cues to know how a person looks and nine times out of ten that’s not how they look. The funny thing is people still carry on these love affairs over the internet and later find themselves in LOVE. How do they do it? Easy, the Information Age we are living in and the technology that is set before us can allow anyone’s life to be, “the perfect life!” lol
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
I Guess it's the Information Age (blog 7)
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I love communciation. I am a people person, but the face to face communication comes handy when I'm on the run. All day long, I am so busy multi-tasking and don't get a chance to hold a long conversation on the phone. So, I have to e-mail, text or even listen to left voice mails on my office phone. So, if it wasn't for new age technology, we would miss out! Also, to respond on teenageres over usasge of then internet and technolgy. I am apauled. I hate the fact that they have that must easy access to the network that I could scream.
ReplyDeleteI was also surpised that teens spend 90% of the day texting and on the internet! This is why webspeak is becoming more and more evident in everyday life, especially in younger generations. I thought i knew a lot about the internet and the people who use it and how many but i have learned a lot through this class.
ReplyDelete"how do they find the time to spend 90% of the day texting"?
ReplyDeleteThat's the beauty of texting. if your careful, you can do it quietly and discreetly and no one knows the difference.
It is really incredible what technology has done to us. We don't even use 90% of our brains, but now technology owns time.
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