Despite the advantages
of in-person interactions, Michigan State
University students Grace Hough and Mitchell Alpiner say
online communication has perks of its own.
Hough said she uses social media and texting to communicate
with her sisters who are in high school because she cannot see them in-person
very often.
“It’s a nice way to keep in touch,” said Hough.
In one survey,
88 percent of teens with social media accounts said it helped them keep in
touch with friends they cannot see regularly.
Alpiner said he likes texting and other online communication
because “being online gives me a few more seconds and minutes to think about
what I'm going to say next.”
In the same survey, the ability to think about a response,
along with the quickness and ease of texting were among the top three reported
benefits of texting over face to face communication.
No comments:
Post a Comment