Varying Definitions of Online Communication

With the advent of computers and related technologies of communication, the nature of communication has changed drastically. There are some positive highlights to this change as well as negative highlights to this change based on my experience. In my younger years, the only form of communication was one on one communication or writing through snail mail. However, this is not the case today. Today, I make use of emails, social media, and other chatting forums to communicate both professionally and personally to family, friends, and relatives. I have found this change to have its advantages as well as disadvantages. In this paper, I will discuss how computer-mediated communication has aided my communication as well as how it compares to the type of communication that was available during my younger years. In addition, I will give a comparison between computer-mediated communication and person-to-person communication.

We have all heard that communication is the key to any good relationship. The article by David Isaacs (2014), states that “social media is likely to facilitate communication not impair it”, which is one of the main reasons for social networks and to communicate with family and friends all around the world instantly with effortless accessibility all thanks to the internet. David Isaacs (2014)

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

Electronic communication plays vast roles in the way individuals communicate in today’s society, this has created a significant change to the quality of interpersonal

In “The Limits of Friendship” by Maria Konnikova, social media has significantly changed the way we interact with friends and family. Everybody thinks that using social media is the best way to talk to friends and family, however, in my opinion, they are wrong because it doesn’t give you the face-to-face connections we need as humans for social interaction. On the other hand, the great thing about using social media is you can connect with more people, but in a superficial kind of way. Therefore, we do not get the face-to-face interactions with our friends and family. We, the people that are addicted to social media, learn that without face-to-face conversations we wouldn’t have a normal “social” life outside of social media. The question

Godwin, S. J., Thorpe, M. S. & Richardson, J. T. E. (2008). The impact of computer-mediated

The article Electronic Intimacy by Christine Rosen talks about the relationships people have with the online world and how it affects relationships because everything is just so fast. The purpose this article was written is to give her audience which is people who use social media to experience an actual in person relationship because the only relationship we know today lies in a direct message. Rosen poses a question to her audience that has us all thinking and also is her thesis. The question says “But does the way we communicate with each other alter that experience significantly?” (Paragraph 5). But it makes sense because in today’s world there is no such thing as personal relationships which is why Rosen states that “We are living in an

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The purpose of this article is to examine adolescents’ relationship with friend, romance partners, strangers, and their family in the context of their online communication activities.

Texting and Direct Messaging through social media sites have provided a chance for people separated by large distances to communicate with one another without the hassle of a telephone, or if their on the go. Phone calls, while seemingly archaic, still allow those of us who still use them to hear the voices of our loved ones and connect one another more personally. Emails and fax machines allow us to communicate with our business partners more formally, and websites such as Skype or Google Hangouts give us an opportunity to see our friends and family "face-to-face" through video chats. One can also communicate with friends and loved ones indirectly through social media as well. You may not want to have a conversation at the moment, but probably want to see what your friend is up to. Facebook has been the harbinger of rekindled high school friendships and deepened relationships with acquaintances, and allows us to "communicate...with...friends, family, and coworkers(Essay 2)." LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter also serve a similar purpose with different interfaces.

In a study done by Przybylski and Weinstein “[we] found evidence that [technological] devices have negative effects on closeness, connection, and conversation quality [with another person]” (Przybylski and Weinstein). By using online communities to gain knowledge people are limiting their face-to-face interaction resulting in a decrease in the effectiveness of common social skills, such as conversation quality. There is no need to have face-to-face interaction when technology can simply do it quicker. According to Kaci Stephens, “digital forms of communication […] tend to lead people to act impersonal in person.” This impersonality causes people to be friendlier over text than in person creating awkward real life social interaction among people. By interacting with people over text or email, it is easier to say things that would not typically be said in person. Online forms of communication lead to a lack of effective communication skills amongst others when talking

A human’s use of communication is a major key to our existence here on earth. If we weren’t capable of communicating our survival would probably be hopeless. As Human beings, we have an extremely detailed system of verbal and non-verbal communication that has developed over time and familiarity. With the advent of technology at the end of the 20th century our communications has moved into the computer realm, in the form of computer-mediated communication (CMC) (Bevan & Sole, 2014). CMC is now a completely normal and very common way to communicate in today’s era. Even though CMC seems to be the preferred way to communicate in this timeframe, it is also seen as less personable and the ending of what we knew as real conversations.

Face to face relationships are very important because through contact we are getting live interaction, trust, honesty, and integrity. Face to face conversations are more positive and more reliable than friendships online. In cyber space you convers ate with friends but some will not acknowledge the friendship in public. Social media is slowly taking away from face to face relationships, because we contact our family and friends on the computer screen. We are typing while looking at the screen instead of seeing facial expressions. Therefore, we aren’t sure if they are interpreting what we are saying in a negative or positive way.

Social media improves the way people communicate with others. It allows them to meet new people. At the click of a button, millions of strangers all over the world who would have never met otherwise are able to connect with each other. Many people believe that internet friends are not as valuable as real life friendships. However with websites like “skype” and instant messaging sites, long distance friendships can be as intimate as real life friendships because social media allows friends to see each other face to face and spend quality time together whenever they want to. Because of this, internet friendships should no longer be considered taboo and should be seen as normal human relationships, “It’s entirely possible to have hundreds of

Many suggest that social networking sites help “maintain existing offline relationships” (Ellison 221) with others. Many old connections are kept through social sites and offers people the opportunity to become close with them once again. However, social networking decreases the sentimental connection between family members as people are communicating through messaging networks instead of reuniting with them offline. Despite, social networking being easier to communicate with others, it affects a person’s offline skills.