Has Digital media actually connected us? Distracted us? Distanced us?
Are the human beings inventor or digital world or slaves?
Well there were times when people would send letters via pigeon. And there were times when you would continuously sit on phone and try to call the operator to connect you to a number in same or other city. Gone are those days. Those days used to be little slow but never boring.
Today we don't depend on anyone but internet to reach/call/connect anywhere and everywhere. Have we lost ourself to digital media completely? Now we message via whatsapp or facebook but become lazy calling them or meeting them in person.
People across world connect via FB and whatsapp now feeling great that they are back in touch with their old buddies and connect with them. Really a good thought isn't it? But how many must have been actually misunderstood or mis-interpreted due to this.
This is not something you are hearing from the first time right! The basic norms of any communication and something that you would have heard umpteenth time at work as well - People wont understand your expressions or the tone of your words from your written mail/chat but it definitely can be funny or humorous when its spoken to, on face.
I lost connect with few close friends coz i didn't understand their intent or tone over messages on whatsapp and even today i don't talk to some of them. So has digital media really made me connect with them or have i lost what used to be a close friendship.
Think through it. Choose your media wisely, and more than that choose your words carefully. Decide before you pick your call, are you going to call your friend or just chat your way through.. :)
Don't be a slave to the digital world. Decide if you want it to play a devil for you or an angel..
Are the human beings inventor or digital world or slaves?
Well there were times when people would send letters via pigeon. And there were times when you would continuously sit on phone and try to call the operator to connect you to a number in same or other city. Gone are those days. Those days used to be little slow but never boring.
Today we don't depend on anyone but internet to reach/call/connect anywhere and everywhere. Have we lost ourself to digital media completely? Now we message via whatsapp or facebook but become lazy calling them or meeting them in person.
People across world connect via FB and whatsapp now feeling great that they are back in touch with their old buddies and connect with them. Really a good thought isn't it? But how many must have been actually misunderstood or mis-interpreted due to this.
This is not something you are hearing from the first time right! The basic norms of any communication and something that you would have heard umpteenth time at work as well - People wont understand your expressions or the tone of your words from your written mail/chat but it definitely can be funny or humorous when its spoken to, on face.
I lost connect with few close friends coz i didn't understand their intent or tone over messages on whatsapp and even today i don't talk to some of them. So has digital media really made me connect with them or have i lost what used to be a close friendship.
Think through it. Choose your media wisely, and more than that choose your words carefully. Decide before you pick your call, are you going to call your friend or just chat your way through.. :)
