Technology In Communication

In the modern society, our traditional communication style has been gradually replaced by the advanced technology through social media and especially smartphones. We could hardly have a real and meaningful conversation with each other without using our smartphones or even considering social media as a new platform for their conversation. There are a lot of opinions about this controversial issue and people could not turn a deaf ear to this problem anymore when the young generation is heavily influenced by technology. But what if one day we have no access to social media or smartphones anymore, how will human manage the problem and communicate with each other in order to create meaningfully and in depth conversation without the help of technology?

I did not have any plan previously to the meeting, therefore it was a really hard day since I could barely get access to any entertainment. My Sunday morning started at 10 am and as a habit, the first thing I reached out for was my smartphone. I strived my best to avoid that and I successfully had an amazing morning enjoying the nature. I decided to go out for a walk as usual, and surprisingly, I had the chance to talk to my neighbor, which was something that I have never done before. With the music on my earbud, the phone in my pockets, I always walked through their house without saying anything, however, on that day, I stopped and asked some simple questions. We had a really interesting conversation and I was surprised to find out that they always wanted to talk to me but the gadgets and phones I carried with me stopped them from saying Hello. After the conversation with my neighbor, I suddenly felt that my life was more beautiful and interesting as well as this fast started amazingly. But it was not until the meeting with my friends that I had a really hard time communicating. We are all young people and somehow we consider smartphones as one of the most important things that we need every single day. I talked with my friends a lot through social media and my phones, but now, without the help of those technology inventions, I felt like an outsider. I felt frustrated to join in the conversation with them and all of my friends were also surprised to see that I did not have my smartphone with me. Honestly, communicating without the smartphone gave me a unique opportunity to observe my friends and all people around. Since I paid full attention to listening and observing, I was shocked to see that almost 70% of the people in the restaurant carried the phones with them for most of the time and I