The answer to these questions are going to be conveyed differently, depending on your age and life experience with technology. I’ve been doing a great deal of reading about communication and wonder what the best way to do so is at this time. The subject has consumed me lately as I talk with others about how to figure out whether someone has a disorder of speech-language or not. What is a real pathology of communication.
Jean a Twenge documents in a number of her texts, based on years of research, tells us that how we do will vary based on how old you are. of the generational group into which you are birthed. .
Messages appear to get confused in my opinion, unless the correct form of communication is utilized. I use email a great deal; but find that it is unfortunate that I don’t even know what most my colleagues look like. E-mail is mostly the way that I obtain work. It is less personal. All of us should add a photo of ourselves next to our names. Can anyone communicate how to add that? I send signed cards to colleagues around the holidays. One year, I was told how much it was appreciated because “nobody sends these anymore ..it is only communicated electronically. The impact that technology has had on Millennials vs. Baby Boomers has been documented in the literature. For example, The titled Have Smartphone Destroyed a Generation documents some of the effects of these changes. The article was published by a professor of psychology at San Diego State University by the name of Jean M. Twenge last week in “The Atlantic”. The link https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/ . It poses the next question regarding how we view communication in today’s world. How does the change affect those who did not grow up with it and how does it impact on those who did.? The author explores it and it would be good to take note of its contents. My thanks again to its author!
Technology clearly can become addictive and studies are showing that there is impact on neurologic development. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170902/ No surprise! It’s use can be beneficial if tailored to the individual; but parents in particuylar should be aware:
The author of the below article (see link) talks about how limitations around the use of technology are helpful with children. In the presence of AAP (american academy of pediatrics) guidelines parents can shape the behavior of them and ease the transition into and out of periods of exposure through the development of structured embedding of this into daily life. To this day, I recall my childhood. My parents told each of the three of us (two older brothers and I) that we had one hour of television per day unless there was a special show on or an assignment to watch something given to us by our teachers at school. We survived AND the limits developed and implemented with consistency worked! https://parenting.nytimes.com/childrens-health/child-screen-time?module=ptg-onsite-share&type=link So-I leave you with food for thought…