As part of Bell, Let's Talk day, I devoted a 50-minute period to simply TALK!
How has communication changed since the evolution of the cell phone?
Have we lost the art of simply talking?
What do you think the will happen in the future?
Explain.
Watch this video by Gary Turk titled "Look Up"
Since the cell phone communication has changed lives all over the world. Cell phones allow us to communicate with friends or family members from the other side of the world, cell phones have changed completely the way we communicate today. But using this powerful device might not be helping completely the way we interact. They distract us from socializing and having a simple conversation with others. Now, all we do is stare at our phones and spend our time on social media which isn’t even being social. We have lost the art of simply talking. I don’t know what will happen in the future, but if we do not shut down our phones and start a simple conversation, the way we communicate will only be talking to someone you have never seen before through a computer.
ReplyDeleteI agree it distracts us from socializing and having a simple conversation with others!!! GREAT BLOG!!!!!!!
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I totally agree people unfortunately spend way too much time on their phones wasting their time! Awesome blog!!
DeleteYou make an excellent point! people do waste time on their phones
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DeleteI find that communication has changed (since the evolution of cell phones) a lot. By that I mean, people aren't paying attention to what they are doing in life and can miss huge changes or chances that would change their lives. I believe that most of the people in the world have lost the art of simply talking. I believe that some people haven't lost the art of just talking because some people can't afford any electronics and to socialize, they actually have to talk to other living beings. i think that in the future kids when they learn how an iPad works (which will be at a very young age) they will only rely on that to play with. They won't bother to even go outside.
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Yeah, you're so right! People have not only forgotten how to talk, they've also forgotten how to move. Great blog!!
DeleteEver since the evolution of cell phones, communication has changed so much all around the world. It's very unfortunate to think that people would actually rather text than have a real conversation with someone face to face. Personally, I can’t exactly say that cell phones have changed the art of communication simply because, a lot of people still communicate without having their cell phones in their hands. But I’m sure this will have a big impact in our future, that so many people would rather speak to someone on their cell phones than have a conversation with someone face to face. That’s what I’m most concerned about for our future.
ReplyDeleteI agree communication has changed a lot since the evolution of cell phones.
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-Isabella DiMarco
Communication has changed a lot since the evolution of the cell phone for example; if ever you want to talk to someone but not in front of someone else's you can just text them! Cell phones have also changed communication in the form of bullying, for example: bully's could simply just text someone anything mean or hurtful.
ReplyDeleteI think we have lost the art of simply talking because everyone now a days is always texting! It would be a different story if people would call eachother, that is still talking but from far away. I think in the future we won't even have to talk we will either write or text
agreed, good blog
DeleteTrue in the future we will just text each other.
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I believe that communication has changed a lot since the evolution of cell phones. It has changed communication a lot in a good way but also in a bad way. Some bad ways that cell phones have changed communication is in the form of bullying. Now people can just text someone or email them something that can be really hurtful. It has also changed communication in a good way. Today because of the evolution of cell phones you can contact your friends easier and you can talk to your family that maybe doesn't live where you live. One personal experience is that once I wanted to tell my friend something but not in front of everyone so I texted her instead. I thought that it would be easier than talking to her in front of all of my other friends.
ReplyDeleteI think we have lost the art of simply talking because I feel that today we spend more time on our phones than talking and hanging out with people. Also we have lost the art of talking because now everything happens on social media and no one talks about it.
In the future think that people won't talk anymore and people will just stay one their phones instead of talking with people.
-Sierra Toto
I agree communication has evolved in a good and bad way.
DeleteI honestly feel that in the future people wont even talk, there all gonna have some high tech phones and stuff and they will never talk, Its funny because when lambro and i were talking today we wanted to go on our phones so badly, Ever since cell phones cummunication has changed because instead of talking and meeting up, the just simply text or call them
ReplyDeleteHonestly I feel that cell phones have changed are lives in a huge way some good some bad. I think that it's good because you are able to connect with people all around the world or simply a friend or family member even if they're a minutes or two away. But it has changed our lives in a bad way because a lot of people don't use it properly and they devote all their time to texting and snapchat foe example so there is a bad side to it for sure!
ReplyDeleteI agree cell phones have changed are lives so much.
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ReplyDeleteSomeone in my class last year showed us this video. It didn't affect me as much at the time cause I couldn't relate to it as much as I can now. My phone is a very important part of my life. I stopped working for an hour the other day and I was super anxious. "What if it never turns on again?" "What if my parents send me an important text or call me?" "What if one of my friends needs my support?". These were just some of the thoughts running through my head in that single hour. I'm more social with people through a screen than I am in real life. Damn it I haven't even met some of my friends through my screen yet and probably never will. My phone is a way of interaction for me with people I don't see every day or ever. I admit it I have internet friends but I am extremely careful with what I say and who I befriend. I have more friends through a tiny screen then I do in my everyday life. I also have my Instagram. I post very often and interact with my followers. My followers are like me and people like me in my experience are hard to find in my life. My phone also give me access to things like YouTube. I'll spend hours on end watching a bunch of gay YouTubers like Troye Sivan, Tyler Oakley, Joey Graceffa, etc, comedians, Try not to laugh/sing/cringe/look away/ cry videos, Mini documentaries, React Videos, Gaming, Morning Shows, Dan and Phil, Artists, etc. YouTube has become a big part of my life. I also spend most of my life with headphones listening to things like Troye Sivan, Hamilton, Panic! at The Disco, TWENTY ØNE PILØTS, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Selena Gomez, etc. I'll be messaging someone halfway across the planet while someone is right in front of me. Somethings about my phone that isn't a negative effect on my life are, for example, many my internet friends know what I'm going through cause they have been or are going through the same thing as me whereas most of my friends in my everyday life don’t understand so I can get advice and help from them and can wipe tears people in my everyday life maybe can't wipe, or my music helps me with my anxiety and to push away the feeling of being so depressed all the time away for a while, those YouTubers I watch brighten my day and make me feel better, I can do my meditation, research for fun or for school, Google Maps cause I have no sense of direction, texting my best friend when I need her, etc. My phone is also a way for me to make friends, socialize and get to know people without all the anxiety physical interaction causes. I’ll fall into a happy place and my own world. My phone is kind of like a portal to that happy world. If I didn’t have my phone I don’t know what I would do. If you asked 6th grade, Vanessa, how important a phone would be to my everyday life I would probably say all I needed was my iPod for occasional music. Ask me that now and my answer would be I can’t live without it. I think some of us have lost the art of socializing. I personally never really had that skill. But I have seen the way my old friends have been since they got phones and a lot of them have kind of stopped talking to me all in all. I think that in the future, our kids may or may not be like us I’m not really sure. They could see how our generation turned out and change things or things may be fine in the future and our kids may end up like us obsessed with our phone or maybe worse. Only the time will tell us how the future will be.
ReplyDeleteI love watching all those things too! I really like how well thought out this was.
DeleteI think that yes cell phones have changed simple talking. We are so focused on are phones that we forget the real purpose of a conversation. Some might say we dont even need to talk anymore if we have a cell phone. I think that 50 mins was a good period just to talk without cell phones. I believe that this will change the future and that the simply just talking will be forgotten due to the fact that everything will be online.
ReplyDeleteCommunication has changed a lot from cell phones for example now with all the applications that help us communicate we don't have to meet up all the time to talk to
ReplyDeleteeach other we can either text or FaceTime. I don't think we've lost the art of simply talking because we still talk to eachother on the phone, at school, and at the mall. From the way it's going I think that technology is going to become stronger and we probably won't spend at much time talking to people.
Cell phones have definitely changed the communication world. I can’t tell if cell phones and technology have ruined the art of communication or if they have made it better. Let’s start with the pros. It’s much easier and faster to communicate with one another with cell phones. We can be reached anytime and everywhere with cell phones. We can talk or text to stay in touch. All you need is a friend’s phone number and you can talk or text and have a full conversation. Plus, phones can be very helpful if you want to have a private conversation. You can talk or text about things that you don’t want to talk about in public
ReplyDeleteNow for the cons. Now that we can easily talk or text on our cells phones to keep in touch, people don’t like to go outside anymore. No one thinks that it’s a good idea to physically go see your friend to talk. Before phones, people used to get together and talk. Being able to get in touch in a blink of an eye is great but talking to your friend and being able to see his reaction, the expressions on his face or just hanging out and talk is the best. We lost that with all our technology. I think we’re losing the art of simply talking. Sending a picture of a hug is not the same as getting a real hug. I think it will get worse in the future. We’ll stop talking altogether and read each other’s minds with chips implanted in our heads!
I agree phones have definately changed are way of communication.
DeleteThe video by Gary Turk is a pretty good reality check and really makes one reflect on what digital technology has done to us. In the video, a point is made about the fact that we have forgotten how to socialize, how to engage with others, how to have a conversation, make friends, and most importantly about potentially missing out on life changing events because of the distraction of our cell phones. We do everything through technology… Funny how we’re even doing this assignment as a blog to share with everyone in the class using electronic means…..
ReplyDeleteI think most people have definitely lost the ability to just talk. I know when I’m with my friends we sometimes text as opposed to talk. The sad reality is, that most people just think that communicating by text messaging when you are sitting right next to them is just normal.
I think that verbal communication will just become less and less as digital technology continues to evolve. Maybe the only friend we’ll end up all having is Siri….
Communication has changed a lot. We don't even talk to one another anymore. Our friend would be sitting right next to and we text them. Like in the video the man that you may have 300 friends on Facebook, twitter, Instagram etc. but we never met one of them. In the future I think that we are not going to socialized anymore. We wont talk to anyone we would just text each. Know one goes outside or plays with each other. We are always on our cellphones. But maybe we could. change that.
ReplyDeleteIt's very true that you could have so many followers but you don't actually meet them
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I think cell phones have really changed the way we communicate now. In good ways and bad. A good thing about communicating on a phone is that you can talk to people far away like family and friends. A bad thing about communication on cell phones is that you miss many opportunities of meeting friends in the real world. I don't think we totally lost the art of simply talking. It's still there people just need to make an effort to get off their phones and communicate without technology. I don't think our future with phones will be much different. People will still be on their phones but there will still be a sense of communication in real life. I don't think that talking will totally go away because without talking these phones of ours wouldn't exist.
ReplyDeleteCommunication's evolution with the smart phone is always made out to be black and white how it's not good and it's not the same as just talking nut also allows for more communication in the right circumstances but, I think of it as more of a grey thing where yes, some people get addicted and never look up (great video) from their phones but some times it can be integral for just talking take for example somebody who is mute. They can simply type down what they want to say in order to communicate and that is something that is revolutionary! but if it does go too far it can have monstrous consequences, people can become anti-social, unable to communicate or may just never want to talk face to face. In my opinion if you want to discuss the consequences of cell phones and you just focus on one thing you are failing to say anything relevant as you cannot judge something by simply using it's pros or cons. No, I do not think we have lost the art of simply talking, people can hold many long lasting conversations nowadays without even once being close to a phone, it's the ones who refuse to leave their phone who are the problems, if they do not change then yes more and more people may become like them but I do not think that everyone will become like that because humans are social creatures they need to be able to communicate whether through a phone or face to face, but when one stays on one end for too long it can be harmful. I believe that things may get worse or better in the future after all since people are becoming more aware of these phone addictions and are trying to stop them we know for sure that things may get better but, of course people may ignore those warnings and continue down this path to phone addiction but I personally believe it will get better.
ReplyDeleteI agree that communication has changed, but I think that we are not some socially awkward civilization if do it in a different form, it's not because this phone and computer that people don't talk, in fact it's helping people who have trouble talking to someone have a chance at a life instead of sitting there and crying. It's helping people live in comparison, we ditched the child's parks because we have something better,where you can do things you can't do in real life. I feel the future will only bring better, sure more phones but instead of texting , you could talk into the phone and deliver the message, it gives you time to think instead of making a mistake you would regret.
ReplyDeleteI think that communication could change many people's life.For example, I don’t have a phone and I have been communicating with people ever since. Yes, sometimes it does get a little boring but having a real conversation with someone, make you learn more about them and understand how they really feel in the situation. Having 50 minutes in class to communicate wasn’t boring, it was fun to have a conversation and talk about a subject that everyone hates or likes. I believe that communication is better than using social media.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Real conversations are better than using social media. Great Blog Isabella!
DeleteBecause of the new technology nowadays, communication has has changed a lot. Now, everyone is either texting or using facetime instead of making the effort to meet the person. The evolution of the cell phone has made most people become isolated from the world because they are constantly checking their phone. I believe that we have lost the art of talking because of all of this new technology. In the future, I don't know what's going to happen because anything can happen or everything could change in the coming years.
ReplyDeleteI think that the phone has changed the way we communicate. Most of the time people are stuck on there phones talking to someone but it is nothing like looking someone in the face and talking to them get using a phone is the substitute for that. I think that we have lost the art of talking since we are stuck on our devices and don't really talk to somebody face to face. I think that in the future people will be so stuck on there phones that we will forget to do anything are selves.
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