Well, today while I was waiting for class to start I was thinking about how phones and texting have become a part of life. I got a text from a friend that now lives in L.A. and I thought about how 5 to 10 years ago I would have never talked to him as much and I wondered how our friendship would be different. It made me think that maybe we are much closer because of the fact we can communicate so often through texting and emails but on the other hand I thought of the other side. I have found it harder to call people on the phone because it is just so much easier to text them. I have lost that phone etiquette that I once had. I wonder also if my face to face communication has also seen a decrease because of this. I think we should all think about that and decide if texting and the instant messaging has really helped or hurt us and how. I think it has done both. It makes it easier to get information but I also feel that it has hurt our ability to communicate through other, more personal means.

In class we watched the video about the people who make up people in the virtual lives. I think that it takes things too far. People who use that as their only source of social contact I feel have a hard time in person to person conversations. Instead of using the internet to meet friends they should go against their fears and go into real life and talk to people.

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