Sunday, December 6, 2009

communicating today

I think the internet and social media is changing how people today communicate. Way long ago we could write letters or talk in person, then we could send telegrams, then we had telephones, then there was e-mail. Now we can talk, call, e-mail, twitter, facebook, myspace, instant chat and web cam.

While there are many benefits through all these new ways of communication, there are some backlashes too.

Having so many ways of communicating makes it easier to get a hold of people, easier to keep in touch with people and it allows you to cheaply contact one another from any place including over seas. However, having so many different ways to communicate without actually making human contact has made us forget how to do that. Here's and article on communicating on the internet....

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