Communication

Our means of communicating has changed dramatically within the last 200 years. With the invention of the Internet and cellular devices, communicating with someone can be done in an instant. Language is becoming more simplistic and the art of elaborative speaking is beginning to diminish as we speak. When I was growing up, everyone had a house phone and very few of us had cellular phones. Now, the majority of people I know have a cell phone and do not have house phones. People rarely use complete sentences and have developed abbreviations and acronyms to express themselves. Many of us do not really communicate through letters or phone conversations. Is it because we are too busy? Is it because verbal or face-to-face interactions pose too much of an issue?

There are numerous ways of instant messaging someone. With social networking websites like AIM, Facebook, and Myspace, people no longer feel the need to have face-to-face interactions with one another. An entire relationship can be formed without any face-to-face encounter. In my opinion, this is a bit strange to me

In a nutshell, communications has become more impersonal over the last 20 years. People will form relationships with someone without ever meeting them or even talking to them on the phone. Who knows where it will be in the next 20 years.