Hi Claire! The Joseph Priestly´s statement is very interesting, but I do not know if I totally agree. In my opinion this phrase must updated. The key word of communication between people is attitude.
All the ways used to communicate people today is very useful, if you know how to use them. For me, as a example, I have a real difficulty in use Messengers, like MSN or Google Talk. Sometimes I use it, but rarely. I have only few friends in my messenger list, and only when I need I log in to see if somebody in logged in too. But of course I realize that the Messengers are very powerful, and cheap to communicate with our friends. Some old people say that all these new communication era with e-mails, messengers, social communities (like Facebook, Orkut, My Space etc) make the relationships more cold. They say that a conversation by the telephone is much better to keep the friendships warmer than talk through Internet. I do not agree with this. The problem is the way how the technology is used. It is much more easier answer a friend´s discreet request of money by a e-mail, than answer this by telephone in the middle of a office. By e-mail we can also send photographies and videos to relatives, partners and friends. And send very important messages much more faster than a paper letter. Finally, I agree with Joseph Priestly in one aspect. We need be less complicate and more simple. It is not necessary to have all kinds of communications devices available in the world, if you need only a telephone and a e-mail. It is very nice to have a lot of options like Blackberries, IPhone, Skype, but is important to know how to choose what is better for you, considering the price and the how the chosen technology will help you to manage your life. Speaking about Skype, I need to understand how it works, because I heard that it is a very cheap way of communication. I usually use a regular mobile phone, e-mail and a telephone in my residence. For me is enough as far. I hope that my words had been comprehensive. Best regards. PR On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:10 AM, claire <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all new or old,active or silent,;) > > "The more elaborate our means of communication,the less we > communicate." > > These were the words of Joseph Priestly over 200 years ago. > > But if that was true,what would he make of communications technology > today? > > Do you think people today 'connect' better than people used to with > the help of the Internet or mobile phone? > > Which of the following do you find useful? > When do you use it? > Why? > > mobile phone? > e-mail? > SMS? > MSN? > Blackberry? > Skype? > > Thank you and best regards, > Claire > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
