Monday, January 05, 2004
Instant Messaging Across The Generational Divide
The New York Times recently ran a fascinating article exploring the way Instant Messaging has become (in the US, at least) something that happens between parents and their children, as much as between similar-aged socialites. At one point, the article suggests that online communication takes a different form to face2face interaction, and I have to agree. I find communicating with parents or even my sister via email (or Instant Messaging if they were so inclined, but no one else in my family uses MSN Messenger [yet?]) is quite different, and I tend to "hear" what they are saying or asking in quite different ways. Maybe it would be a good way to simmer down after an argument? Of course, as the mandatory Sherry Turkle quote which ends the article points out, Instant Messaging might be a good supplement, but you do need face2face communication every now and then! :)
The New York Times recently ran a fascinating article exploring the way Instant Messaging has become (in the US, at least) something that happens between parents and their children, as much as between similar-aged socialites. At one point, the article suggests that online communication takes a different form to face2face interaction, and I have to agree. I find communicating with parents or even my sister via email (or Instant Messaging if they were so inclined, but no one else in my family uses MSN Messenger [yet?]) is quite different, and I tend to "hear" what they are saying or asking in quite different ways. Maybe it would be a good way to simmer down after an argument? Of course, as the mandatory Sherry Turkle quote which ends the article points out, Instant Messaging might be a good supplement, but you do need face2face communication every now and then! :)
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