Latest Fade or Best Way to Communicate
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THE SOCIAL WEB Latest Fade or Best Way to Communicate
INF103: Computer Literacy
Instructor: Caroline Howard
Monday, January 7, 2013
Latest Fade or Best Way to Communicate The World Wide Web has definitely come a long way. Out of nowhere advanced computer technology everywhere was being introduced to the world along with the modern way to socially connect with the rest of the world. Before the internet in order to find anything out research wise you had to rely on the media, newspapers, encyclopedias and the library if you wanted reliable resources for whatever you were working on. Now with the internet no one has to go to the library to search, find, read and decide what research is the best course to take, all one has to do is log on to the world wide web and all your research and questions for the most part can be answered. With social media before when you wanted to know anything about what was going on with a celebrity, your family or just anything that is happening in the world, you would by one of the local magazines or watch the specials on the televisions. As for what was going on with family, friend or foe all you did was pick up the phone and information was delivered. With the rate at which social media is used today telephones are a thing of the past – holding real conversations are a thing of the past. I myself am guilt of the social/web for interaction with my family members not like most with Facebook and twitter but I have a
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tendency to talk to my family more through text messaging then voice to voice. Most who know me know that if you really want to get in touch with me the best thing to do is to text me. Now while I still think that text messaging makes some things impersonal and should not be used I am still guilty as well as most of my family. Having so many outlets has made it virtually impossible I think to have any type of real communication face-to-face. The only type of...