Communication has played a large role in my life. From the beginning, learning to talk was an important step to figure out, so that I could communicate with those around me. While I was growing up, technology was beginning to change. Laptops were a new technology and were so big you carried them around in a massive suitcase. Cell phones were pretty new as well and a backpack had to be worn to make them operate. Technology has grown and matured right alongside me and, for me, I would not have that any other way.
Being a communications major, I LOVE to talk and to communicate to others. Talking to other people and learning about their lives are one of my favorite things to do. Though new technologies playing a major role in my life, such as I cant go anywhere without my cell phone, but the important life lessons of old fashioned communication still plays a role in my life today. I still write letters to friends studying abroad, as well as my brother who just flew to Figi for the semester, and there is something to be had for a real conversation with someone. It is much more personal and incorporates all that is lost in writing and phone calls: Visual emotion. When you speak with someone face to face, you get hand gestures and facial gestures to accompany what is being said. You can touch that person with who you are communicating. It is much more real and personal.
With technology continually advancing, it is much easier to keep in touch with people we have known or still know with applications such as Facebook, but I think the old-fashioned way of talking to people face to face will always be the most personable and enjoyable than any other form of communication. Though I will admit, I am a Facebook fan...it fascinates me.
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I find it interesting that you comment on technology evolving around you but not how you interacted with it as you were growing with it. Also because you still communicate with writing letters do you like to use email and text messaging to keep in touch with people? There is a certain distraction that is present with always being in contact with everyone and with letter writing it is easier to write a letter and not worry about the response until a return letter comes. I agree with it being easier to keep in touch with traditional methods like face to face, letter writing and holding a conversation over the phone. I think we are losing the value of these more traditional ways of keeping in touch and need to balance technology and face to face communications.
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