The art of communication - or the lack of..

Today's society is prodominatly surrounded by social networking, texting, and the occasional emailing. There's no denying it, it's everywhere. I know what you're thinking right now 'great another blog/article about how we lack traditional communication skills'. However, I'm actually planning on justifying it and hopefully going to enlighten you on why I spend 99.9% of my time glued to my phone.

Texting allows us to quickly, quietly, and reliablly send a message to someone else. It can help arrange plans or days and nights out, which is very handy because we all have that one friend who is ridiculously hard to get hold of! My personal favourite about texting though is that it's a simple way of just showing someone you are thinking about them. Who wouldn't like a little 'good morning' message or a 'sleep tight' text?

Facebook is also another great way of keeping in touch. It allows us to be apart of peoples lives who we otherwise may not have chance to be. The most common example I can give is when your friend move all over the country to different universities. With the help of facebook we can stay in touch and know that they are having a good time. Another, more personal, reason why I enjoy spending my time on social networking sites is that it allows me to keep in touch with my cousin who lives in Singapore. It means that we can chat and leave messages no matter what the time difference.

So yes, we may be losing the ability to express out feelings face to face but texting and messaging really can help us communicate and stay in touch where we couldn't before.