One controversial effect of the internet and cell phones is that everyone is so close but then so far away. At a finger tip we can talk to our friends, family, and co-workers but studies have shown that we still feel distant even though we can communicate instantly. Sociologist suggest that 90% of communication is through visual expressions of our body and 10% through hearing.
With the above being mentioned, my initial thoughts are will human kind lose the ability to smile as often one day as we become less visual creatures? Especially since we don't depend on these physical expressions to communicate but an emoticon :-) to express our emotions?
*True story*
So I use to talk to my wife via chat when we were dating and exchanged e-mails before cell phone plans were affordable. It's funny cause I would ask her how she would be doing and she would always say fine or okay even if she was having a crappy day. so I would just go with the flow and she would become very upset at me because I didn't know how to comfort her because I thought she was alright...
I believe my telepathy powers were too weak to sense her feelings :-) but point is, will humans begin to speak how they really feel online?
Ex: Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter... Status
The frontal lobe of the human brain deciphers what actions are appropriate to show in communication and which decisions one will make, but what if communication via internet bypassed this... this would be an interesting study to research about since the model follows this pattern:
1)Something happens
2)We post it instantly
3)Everyone sees it
4)It's recorded on tape on the internet foreverrrrerer
vs the physical world
1)Something happens
2)We think about it
3)We'll tell someone if we remember too... or call them
4)We forget about it :-)
Well...that's enough of my rant for tonight :-P
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