Texting, chatting, networking, blogging, and posting. The evolution of communication into characters on a screen…digitized snippets, factoids, and acronyms used to express display, inform, and explain. Even emotions have been whittled down into emoticons…a semicolon “wink” and a parenthetic “frown.” E-mail? That is soooo last decade! Electronic communication technology has practically replaced more traditional forms. So what does this mean? What is the impact on socialization, relation, and emotional connection? Are there any negative effects? …
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