DOES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INTERFERE WITH PERSONAL COMMUNICATION?

Presented By:

Leona Chewning, Mariam Jaffri, Elisa Karbin & Carolyn Weiss

TEXTING:

NEW FORM OF COMMUNICATION OR NEW BURDEN?

Texting can be a health hazard

     In 2008, the average teenager sent 2,272 messages which is 80 messages a day double the average from 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/26/health/26teen.html

Doctors are starting to worry that this may become a health issue. Since many teens text late at night this can cause sleep deprivation which can lead to many other problems. Also, when teens text too much their thumbs can be damaged which is not safe in the long run. Texting while driving is very risky, but many people do it anyway. In 2009, a train engineer in California killed 25 people while texting and conducting the train. Another train official in Maryland killed 62 people while texting and driving the trolley at the same time. As a result, in 2009, Illinois became the 17 th state to ban texting while driving. http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/06/illinois.texting.ban/index.html

NO MORE ONE ON ONE

 While texting can be fun its all anyone ever does anymore. People would rather text than talk on the phone. Many people say talking on the phone can get awkward, but its only awkward if people make it awkward.

 Texting can be exciting at first, but it takes away the joy of actually having a real conversation with a person. While people do have conversations through texting it gets annoying reading multiple pages of what the person has to say.

 It is a very recent trend that has taken over the past couple of years. While it has been around for a quite some time ten years ago texting while driving was not a problem.

 Texting has taken over and it seems as if it is a trend that is never going to die down. It is something that will be around for a very long time, but it is something everyone is going to have to get used to.

It can be somewhat of a burden, but at times it does come in handy when there is that one person everyone wants to avoid talking to.

Abstract

FUN?

Conclusion

DOES

EMAIL

INTERFERE WITH PERSONAL COMMUNICATION?

EMAIL VS. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION

 MESSAGES WHICH USED TO BE DELIVERED FACE TO FACE ARE BEING SENT THROUGH IMPERSONAL MEANS SUCH AS EMAIL  EMAIL EFFECTIVELY REDUCES SOCIALIZATION WITHIN THE OFFICE  WEAKENS BONDS WITHIN THE WORKPLACE

EMAIL - Opinions

 “ WHILE EMAIL CAN BE A QUICK AND EFFICIENT WAY OF TRANSFERRING INFORMATION, IT DOES NOT CONVEY A PERSON’S TONE OR FEELINGS” – unknown blogger at hodu/com/technology=communication  “I BELIEVE PHYSICAL DETERIORATION IS ONLY PART OF THE PROBLEM. I FORSEE A GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHOSE SOCIAL SKILLS ARE NON-EXISTENT, AND WHO WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO BECOME PART OF ANY KIND OF PROJECT TEAM OR FUNCTIONAL GROUP IN BUSINESS” – unknown blogger at communicatebetter.blogspot.com

Email - Conclusion

 WHILE EMAIL IS AN EFFICIENT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION, IT CANNOT REPLACE THE WARMTH OF A PERSON’S HANDSHAKE OR PRESENCE  CONSTANTLY EMAILING INSTEAD OF COMMUNICATING PERSONALLY, CAN EVENTUALLY ISOLATE COWORKERS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY

SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE HUMAN CONNECTION

According to Adrian Chan of Gravity7.com, a social interaction design consultant, “because communication is an interpersonal and a social phenomenon, technology issues must be approached with a particular appreciation of human and social factors” http://www.gravity7.com/articles_arguments.html#ixzz0r93tZe78

The Argument For & Against Social Media

• C ONS “Wall-to-Wall” and “Tweet” communication will replace face to face interaction • P ROS Social media platforms may allowing one to meditate on what is being communicated • Social media interaction limits temporal friendships.

• Social media bridges vast distances, allowing communication between people thousands of miles apart.

How to Avoid Social Networking Groupthink

Join groups and communities that are completely different/opposite from what you believe. You don’t have to agree, but try to at least understand their perspective and why they believe what they believe. If the O’Reilly Factor is your homepage, consider perusing the Huffington Post for a different view on the same topics.

Become Facebook friends with people who think differently and who will surprise you and cause you to question your ideas.

Read blogs and websites that don’t recycle ideas.

Get into disagreements and friendly arguments by posting comments on blogs. Just make sure you do it respectfully. I’ve found using “What if we think of it like this…” to be a non-confrontational approach that can lead to a healthy exchange of ideas.

The more you are a fan of someone, the more often you need to question their assumptions and ideas. We tend to let our mental guard down around those we trust.

Paraphrased from: http://moneywatch.bnet.com/career-advice/blog/other-8-hours/is-social-networking-bad-for-you/136/

Video from Socialnomics on Social Media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8