Comunication (Telephone)

It has always interested me how drastically our communication has changed over the years. Just being around my parents they are struggling to use their iPhone and such and its second nature for us. And then my grandparents still write letters and don't know how to turn on a computer. Its amazing how over the years how evident the changes in technology are. A huge technological advancement within the last 100 or so years was the phone. Our country evolved from using the written word to communicate, (letters, newspapers, etc.) to using a vocal approach. (Telephones, Television) The creation of this new technology made huge improvements to our society. It created a faster, easier and more useful way to communicate. Not only does the cellphone bring a more useful way to communicate but it has evolved many other industries. Phones now have cameras, games, navigation systems, Internet, and multiple other gadgets that make our lives rotate around that little phone. I couldn't even imagine going through my day without a cell phone because of the flexibility it gives me.
As all of these advancements come with the cellphone are people beginning to lose an essential part of their communicating ability. Instead of calling or talking in person now we are able to just text a message to someone. Although nobody really thinks about it because of how easy texting makes our lives are we losing the ability to communicate on a different level? I think an actual experiment of some kind would be very interesting testing the different generations for their ability to communicate in the 2 major forms, in person and on the telephone.

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