Describe how using social networking technologies changes how you communicate with your family and friends.
Social networking technologies have certainly changed the way everyone communicates with their family and friends. It became noticeable with the use of mobile phones in the 90's but not nearly as much. The 90's in general brought forth a lot of social networking technologies such as (mainly email) but MySpace paved way for the biggest social network alive today, FaceBook.
FaceBook, smartphones, VOIP, and many other technologies have made communication convenient and efficient for those willing to learn how to use them. Before, we had to rely on simply calling or emailing friends or family, or we would have to meet in person to have a conversation. Nowadays, I can talk to my step brother who lives in Colorado over Skype or FaceBook IM. So, these new technologies may sometimes cost a little money, but there are many free versions available to all.
Convenience comes into play because it makes it easy to communicate with friends and family who may lives thousands of miles away.
I would agree that convenience is one of the biggest changes. Everything has revolved around new ideas to make communication more convenient. It is pretty cool to see the progression from IM to Myspace to Facebook to Skype. Whats next?
ReplyDeleteI agree, convenience is king. It no longer requires planning to keep in contact with your friends and family. Social media has really changed a lot of aspects of our lives.
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