THE CHANGING NATURE OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Keywords:
digital era, communication, social networks, online communication, virtual communication, speech culture, technology, social relations, communicative competence.Abstract
This article will discuss how the way we communicate today and how digital technologies are influencing to this process. Nowadays, people communicate most of the time using phones, the Internet, and social networks. This is certainly the most convenient and fastest way, but sometimes it feels like interactions have become more superficial and easygoing. We frequently use shorter sentences instead of full sentence to convey a message, to express our thoughts and emotions we use emojis. Thus, sometimes the message is not fully understood or misunderstood. Nevertheless, many people think that face-to-face interaction is much warmer and more comprehensive. But on the other hand, digital interaction has a lot of advantages. For example, you can easily communicate with people who are far away, and for some individuals, it is easier to say what they think when they are writing something. It's all about balance. People need to use technology, it is important not to lose the sincerity and depth of personal, human connection. Technology is a helpful tool, but it cannot replace the value of a genuine conversation.
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