Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Online Communication vs. In Person
Do you find it brave that someone actually calls someone they like, or asks them out in person? So much communication that used to be done in person is now being done online. The other day I heard a girl talking about how this random girl from one of her classes was talking up a storm online, yet is extremely shy and quiet in class. Do you think this protective wall that Instant Messaging and other means of communicating online provides is damaging to our social skills?
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okay first of all i agree with what i think ur trying to say. if you talk to someone online easily, but can't talk to them in person, there is a problem. obviously its easier to talk online at first, but not being able to transition to face to face conversation is sad. However, there are a lot of people who are like that...i can think of several examples off the top of my head. human interaction is so important, especially inperson interaction.
I feel like using the internet is easier to do because of the threat of rejection. It's a lot easier to take when you don't have to look the person in the face. I wouldn't say that it's the best way to ask someone out. It does seem a little impersonal. But because you aren't actually there for the public humiliation of being possibly rejected there is this added sense of security. The better thing to do would obviously be to just suck it up and face the person.
going on what stephanie said, i dont agree that talking or asking personal questions online is better because of the lack of embarrassing moments or rejections is a good excuse. part of life is going through hard times and feeling down so the happy or good times are that much better. with out one feeling the other feeling is empty and unrewarding. so doing everything online is damaging some peoples social skills.
Talking in person in so much better than talking online. A lot of times people get confused and words are easily taken out of context. When it comes to dating, I defintely feel that a recieving a phone call to go out is better than recieving an IM; its something that takes more courage, so I appreciate it more. I love talking online for fun, casual conversations, but if the topic is the least bit serious its better to talk in person - thats the real world.
I think it does take a lot more courage to confront someone face-to-face rather than online. People aren't get as much experience with interpersonal communication anymore because they can just do it online without having the negative consequences that speaking to someone face-to-face sometimes has. I think it is damaging to people's social skills.
I think people feel so much safer when they don't have to see the person they're talking to. They can be distracted by the person, especially if they like or dislike them. IMming becomes the way to talk to people because you don't habe facial expressions and incase you are revealing something secretive you can still be embarassed but be the only one who knows it. I do think it is damaging social skills. We get soo distracted by other things. Talking to ten other people online, trying to hold ten in person? We think we can do it, but we can't and shouldn't.
Everyone still talks in person, its not like we are yousing computers to totaly replace talking, so i don't think that it is hurting our communication skills at all.
For your initial question; yes, I think it's brave if someone actually has the balls (excuse my language) to call or ask in person [someone they like] for a date. I agree and disagree that IMs damage our social skills though. Sometimes for me, it's easier to email or IM someone cause you're afraid of confrontation and it's easier not to have to see someone's expression or hear a certain tone in their voice. But at the same time, when you're online, it's harder to distinguish certain emotions and you may end up having your message you're trying to send be distorted.
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