News Alert: it's 2017, the generation of new technology! As you can see where ever you go: the bus, the park, or even at the mall, you are bound to find people who have their eyes glued to the phone or their iPad. Usually people would be on their phone in not only social media platforms, but texting with various people. Texting is a helpful tool to have especially in the time we live in. Texting helps us keep in contact with people who are near or far, gives us a way to contact people and receive an answer in a matter of seconds, and keeps messages from the past for many years. However, does the text we are sending convey the right emotion we would like to express to that person?
According to this really informative and funny article from Psychology Today, their are five different ways to share thought and feelings in person: words, touch, facial expression, body language, and sounds. This nonverbal communication displays an accurate depiction of what we express to a person: whether we are happy, angry, or upset. But how do we express these ways in 2017 especially of the rise of the computers? Many people, especially in teens, face the situation that we spend more time on our phone than face to face communication. Texting, though it is useful, lacks less than ten percent of our range of emotion than in person. It could take the attribution of arousal in a wrong way. For example, if we want to text something sarcastic, the person in the other line could take it as being angry. So, how can we use technology today to accurately send the right emotion? Technology has definitely improved their ways solving this problem such as the invention of the social media platform of Snapchat and Instagram and emojis. With the use of the front and rear camera they both show facial expression, words, sounds, and sometimes body language. However, it does not reveal the sense of touch. This is perfect example when the hurricanes came this year, technology has help us as a country stay more connected during this tragic time through live videos from Snapchat and Twitter. So come follow me as I explore the big question: can emotions be conveyed through technology? I will have future blog post of how social media respond to this questions and how can we improve the accuracy of our emotions through text. Thanks!
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