Explain how technology has impacted communication. Provide an example of how technology has influenced how you communicate.

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Libby Larsen quoted,

“The great myth of our times is that technology is communication.”

According to (Drago, 2015) Technology has become an integral part of the way that people communicate with one another and has increasingly taken the place of face-to-face communication.

Technology has enabled billions to connect more easily but, they are being apart from real world and are too immersed in this digital world.

Technological advancement has both good and bad effects on communication.

People can get easy access to someone and can communicate with each other. Because of its speed, it is very useful in emergency situations. Business and customer get great benefit from it.

Technological advancement has given plethora of device like mobile phones, laptops equipped with email, text messaging, instant messaging, social media. These have turned into time saving devices. As an example, with emails, Facebook, we can talk to a person located far away, make friendships. Teaching has been proved more effective with technology.

According to (Ariana and Mirabela, 2014)Several media technologies include animations, videos, social networks, picture, podcasts, blogs, drawings, simulation  has enhanced the way of communication and interaction in class.

People tend to talk much in phone and through text because of technology instead of having face to face communication which has resulted social isolation. People are lacking social skills like non-verbal communication skills due to lack of face-to-face communication.

Majority of communication practices include text messaging, facebook, facetime, email. We get access to people very easily in no time.

This video shows both good and bad aspect of technology on communication

References:

Drago, E. 2015, ‘The effect of technology on face-to-face communication’, The Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communication, Vol. 6, No.1 .

Monica-Ariana, S., & Anamaria-Mirabela, P. 2014, ‘THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON VOCABULARY LEARNING CASE STUDY-FACEBOOK’, Annals of the University of Oradea, Economic Science Series, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 120-130.