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Are email & text communication encouraging people to talk less?
"In today's society it is common to find people who are over reliant on informal methods of communication. Wouldn't it be easier if people actually talked to one another?"
In today's society it is common to find people who are over reliant on informal methods of communication. Wouldn't it be easier if people actually talked to one another?

The votes suggest that most people support view B. More frequent communications may not mean that people talk less. In fact, you could argue that talk is cheap. The question really is anyone listening? Information overload and attention deficit may be the real symptom of all these communication technologies hitting us. People will continue to communicate in various forms. New technologies merely give more options for communications, even taking advantage of the different ways that people need to communicate.
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JBonnin thinks: Once again, a balance is needed. Email and text are just wonderfurl efficient resources.

But more than once, people I was talking to in person about relatively simple work issues, asked me to put it in a mail!

(100% of 6 votes AGREE)
englishdanny thinks: It all boils down to: Do you prefer your communications to be hard copy (As in face-to-face) or would you instead use the latest technology. I am a plastererer working in Holland, I ask people to text me adresses so that I can enter it into my GPS. Then I can see my arrival time and also how much it will cost me to go there. Although I do agree that there is no substitute for the former. Perhaps a mix of the two?
(80% of 5 votes AGREE)
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