how has technology changed the way we communicate

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For many, especially persons that have not given technology a chance, they believe that this digital age has crippled humans’ ability to progress outside in the real world. A simple “hello” can sometimes intervene with a status post. One of the bigger impacts is on those already struggling with social impairments. How do we as a society progress outside the virtual world? Leaning (2002), offers the viewpoint that because we impose our “determinism” to technology, the lines between the world of technology and the real world intertwines. Therefore things like writing and speaking are shortened and become the norm. The importance of using our hands and mouths to project thoughts are guarded behind a technology based wall.

There are risks of playing a part in the broad open space of virtual land. Many of us, do not know the hazards that we take in participating. Issues keep arising when we realize that not everyone is who they say they are. Cyberspace protects our identities, and those with above average knowledge can use an opposing identity to commit crimes. For instance, hacking although playful at times, is more than inconvenient for the people that are being hacked. More over, the hacking itself is sometimes considered as part of a revolt (Gere, 2008).

2.1 Changes and Patterns in Communication
Communicating day to day can be complicated outside the help of technology. Coyness and nervousness can overtake us, more so, when the ability to socialize outside the pattern of equipment is overwhelming. In today’s society, the skills required to interact on a face-to-face level is lapsing. Children and young adults are becoming pupils to a secondary form of writing called texting.

As children we start to d...

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