Communication : A Essential Component Of A Healthy Social Lifestyle

Younger adults around the globe are growing up in a world filled with media in different kinds of shapes and forms(Brown, 2006). It is said to be that people are able to find partners independent of where they live and will be able to maintain a healthy relationship. This is because now people are able to share and communicate everything about their lives instantly. For example, music, videos, photos and other types of communication are easily available to the average person. (Herlein & Piercy, 2008). Society turns to technology these days to communicate because it gives them a sense of control over their social lives. Madell & Muncer, 2007). For example, when a person receives a text message. They can think for as long as they want to how they are going to reply back. Being able to think carefully is something digital communication has over physical. Sometimes we can say things that we did not mean due to being under pressure or reading body language. Texting someone can also have an impact on relationships with others. A study done showed that adults that are in a romantic relationship who uses texting to communicate with each other are more likely to have a better quality relationship (Coyne, Stockdale, Busby, Iverson, & Grant,

Understanding what the other person is saying is a large factor in communicating within a relationship. Texting allows people to say whatever they want without being scared of the other person’s physical reaction. Talking in person or over the phone makes it more difficult to talk about serious issues when one is afraid of how the other person may feel or what the other person will say in return. However, texting also allows people to bully others. Bullies are able to use social media and/or texting to say what they feel or what they think will hurt others feelings without any shame, or fear of retribution. There are some occasions when bullies are not afraid to say hurtful things to others’

15). This research speaks volumes to the overall effect that the spread of technology has on our addiction to social media. It shows that we now value our time and interactions that happen over the Internet more than we value the true face-to-face interactions that real relationships actually depend on. One study performed on a university campus in Turkey used a questionnaire to evaluate different factors that could have significantly positive or negative effects on a relationship. This study performed by Egeci and Gencoz found that “…those with lower communications problems…were more likely to experience relationship satisfaction” (388). The type of communication that is proven to help grow relationships occurs most effectively face-to-face, where people can read each other’s emotions in their facial expressions and non-verbal

The study done in Pauley and Emmers-Sommer’s article claims that people in online relationships are more comfortable with their relationship because they feel more validated (2007). Using online forms of communication such as texting, social media, and video chatting can improve a relationship according to this study. This study is focusing on the basic communicational rituals in a relationship.

“Can you remember the last time you were in a public space in America and didn’t notice that half the people around you were bent over a digital screen, thumbing a connection to somewhere else?” (Fredrickson, 2013, pg. 1). In a world today where sending a text message containing the message “I luv you,” is equally powerful to that statement said in person to your significant other. Today’s generation is surrounded by the constant need to have technology and mainly cell phones at your fingertips. Gone are the days when people would talk to one another whilst standing in line, now it is all about having and using your cell phone to pass the time. All of this takes bondage on having an interpersonal relationship with each other and conversing

Technology can be positive through providing face to face live video and audio chats, but can also be detrimental when it comes to simple texting without nonverbal messages. Facetime has been able to provide expressions and voice cues that help bring meaning to verbal messages. Nonverbal communication is hard to fake and is more trustable. While, texting can be detrimental to relationships because the meanings of words are skewed since they don’t have nonverbal cues to give context and meaning to them. The relationships that is most influenced by technology is my friends at Uconn because we spend so much time together and the amount of closeness I feel with these people is no comparable to those affected only by technology because I feel a sort of closeness through maintaining a close distance to them and I have the ability to exchange vocal and facial cues.

Communication is the key element in human society. People need to talk to each other if they need help because they are not sure about anything, purchase goods at a store, or simply get home after a long day. Since the enormous improvement on technology, people are not that connected to other

Texting is possibly the biggest reason behind the lack of intimacy of those around us. Since texting was invented it has quickly became a choice of communication for many American’s particularly

Communication is the key to any healthy relationship along with other factors. When text messaging is the main type of communication a relationship is bound to have many problems. Communication is supposed to be face- to- face and not electronically. Text messages are also a thing that alters trust between spouses. Many times people use text messages to be sneaky. There are many times when text messages have caused many scandals. Text messaging also lacks a needed amount of emotion. You can not always express the way you feel through a message because it can be taken that seriously. Text messaging is the downfall of many intimate relationships because it results in lack of communication, trust, honesty and emotion.

Today texting is one of the main way people communicate. Texting is quick and convenient way to communicate. The problem with this type of commination occurs when it becomes a person main source of communication, thus a person’s main way he or she builds relationships. Relationships are personal experiences and need clear communication and physical interaction (meaning time spent in together) to be successful. Texting does not incorporate physical interaction and sometimes can cause miscommunication to occur. Thus, texting is an ineffective way to build relationships.

ii. However, for many of us, face-to-face communication seems to be a dying art – replaced by text messaging, e-mails, and social media. Human communication and interactions are shaped by available technologies

Based on a study conducted by the Pew Research Center, young adults, ages 18 through 29, send and receive on average approximately 88 text messages per day. As the study illustrates, text messaging has become a common method of communication. Individuals involved in romantic relationships communicate more frequently than other types of relationships and text messages are a key part of modern romantic communication. Text messaging also allows individuals who struggle with anxiety to communicate with others without evoking their anxiety. In addition, text messaging is an easy and fast form of sharing thoughts or information. Despite many positive effects, text messaging can also have negative effects. Utilizing text messages can allow an individual to avoid the conversation much easier than they can during a face-to-face interaction. Communication is notoriously ambiguous, and with the absence of nonverbal signals within text messages, messages can be easily misunderstood. Text messages allow an individual to falsify statements much easier than they could in a face-to-face conversation. Texting has had significant effects on communication between individuals involved in a romantic relationship.

While there are studies that texting or using social media to contact your ‘important other’ can be beneficial to both parties. Texting also can be harmful. It is an interesting combination of help and harm though, because while women usually benefit more from texting in a relationship, the men actually lose some of their propensity to enjoy the relationship the more that they text. Women report a high quality of connections in a relationship when there is more texting taking place, however men in the same situation report that texting frequently throughout the day is much less rewarding (Sifferlin, 2013, para. 5). Therefore, being in constant social contact with the

Technology is great for sending quick messages but shouldn’t be a place where we are always communicating. In order to have more authentic relationships we shouldn’t use technology for creating relationships because you truly can’t learn about one another if you’re not communicating in real life as well. What we put out on social media is often times fabricated or enhanced to depict a life that we aspire. We can edit text or pictures to our discretion and even delete images or texts, which we can’t do in real life, which is why we tend to prefer texting and social media because we have

Social interaction has been changing over the years as technology has progressed. Especially during the last two decades, the evolving technology has provided a new definition to human relations. During the 1990’s, the only mobile company ruling was Nokia, and lived up to its tag line of “Connecting people”. That was one phase of social interaction then. As technology advanced further, we not only have numerous mobile options but with varied capabilities too. I strongly believe that these advancements have a positive as well as a negative impact on human relationships.