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The Impact Of The Internet On Communication

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Have you every thought about life without internet and how daily communication would be severely affected without it? In today’s society, the internet is treated like a basic need or necessity for survival. Especially when it comes to conversating, the internet is a must have. However, does the internet actually help or harbor communication between people? Of course, the internet is very convenient for many tasks. It helps make interpersonal communication a lot easier. It also helps keeping in touch with long distance relatives and friends in a quickly manner. However, it poses a threat to proper communication techniques. An article from Techwalla by Kay Ireland states, communicating without the benefit of tone, inflection, facial …show more content…

The time lag that internet communication is another issue that we face. I’m sure most of us know how frustrating it is waiting on a response to an email or text message, especially when it is an important question or a response with information you need to complete a task. It is especially frustrating not knowing if the avoidance to the question is intentional or not. Regardless of how frustrating this may be, it is actually a lot easier to do through the internet rather than in person of course. It's far easier to ignore an email sender's request than a request from someone made in person because an email sender's hope to get a response or frustration in not receiving one remains mostly invisible. (Lickerman, 2010). I believe this time lag can result in conflict, unfinished tasks, and miscommunication.
Another very big issue we see in using the internet to communicate is that is harms our face-to-face communication. We are accustomed to the easier way with communication, which is through the internet. However, the way we communicate vocally, have diminished in result to making conversating easier. In a recent article from Common Sense Media, they stated that studies have shown that simply having a phone nearby lowers both the quality and the quantity of conversation and that excessive device use affects people’s ability to identify facial cues. (Does the Internet).
Conversating through the internet has also resulted in society being more narrow-minded. We tend to

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