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- Cris Popenoe
- October 10, 2010
- 8:00 am
- 41 comments
Eighty percent of Americans use the Internet; cell phone usage is higher. But what do we do with our cell phones? More and more we text rather than talk.
Teenagers average 50 text messages a day. But texting is one way of communicating. We get our message out but we don’t have to deal with the other person, as in a conversation. Does this make us less able to handle give and take? Does this help to explain the political polarization that we see this year?
What do you think?
Photo credit: Ken Banks
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people are talking
Will try.
Great tips
Funny! Facts I never knew and didn't know I wanted to know - Thank You?
I think my wife is safe with me been there for 25 years and plan on staying a while longer.
I think there is a lot to learn still on this topic.
41 comments
+ add your ownSocial graces have left most people.
nice video...
Facebook is ridiculous
agree
Facebook is the most idiotic wwaste of your money that has yet been invented. Not only is it a awaste of money it is a huge waste of time. There are so many law suits that start at Facebook and the "other one"(Craigslist) that I am surprised both have not been closed down.
I use email more than my cellphone, and I only sent one text so far. I wanted to see if it would work.
Lots of time. How ever by face to face do you mean with a live person or do you mean chatting on ICQ or which both people are viewing each other?
Thanks but does anyone talk face to face anymore???
I have been using the Internet for about 30 years and barely use a cell phone. I have one but forget it at home most of the time. I have never text'd anyone and maybe 2 times did I ever get a text message and really do not know how to display it on my phone. I have to call someone (usually the person who sent me the message to figure out how to look at it). Cell phones to me are made to defy logic and the people who created the progamming should be sent back to programming 101. Cell phones are not consistent and trying to find something simple is so difficult I wait to ask a friend to show me how to find a function or how to use a function.
I got a cell phone for one purpose only if I am on the road and need a phone for an emergency ONLY. I have triple A programmed in (by a friend as I cannot figure it out) so my number of people I call is limited to say 10 and 5 of those have only been used once.
I try to keep my communications at a minimum no matter what the method.
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