I do enjoy having face to face conversations at times. This week I attended New York Comic Con and it was a mixture of face to face and technology communication. Texting my friends and telling them what I was see and being able to send pictures is great. Meeting and taking pictures with a writer or artist or actor and talking about their work and bonding over something that we both enjoy is a great feeling. Finding people that enjoy the same things as me and being excited and talking about it while waiting in line is great. Holding a 15 minute conversation was easy this weekend. I would prefer talking to my best friends face to face because we are all pretty loud and outgoing but with everyone working and in school it’s tough to get together. I do put up a wall sometimes, which then I don't really like talking or I'm not interesting in the conversation of the group.
I can see the point that Sherry Turkle is trying to make. Besides taking photos of people and with people, I didn't use my phone that often this weekend. Walking around and looking at booths and admiring peoples work was great. But seeing other people just walking around and looking down at their phones and bumping into people. People sitting on the floor and looking down at their phones. Seeing them not notice the huge space of exciting and wonderful things around them was kind of a sad thing to see. people are really missing out on good times and sometimes lose good friends because they can’t hold a good conversation or always glued to their smartphones and checking their social media.
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ReplyDeleteYou had a wonderful week there! I'm also a fan of cartoons,movies and animations. I would love to see those beautiful cosplay costumes and art works in Comic Con. In addition, I'm glad to know your point of view on technologies and communications. Indeed, people should not stare at their phones while there were much more excitements happened around them. They narrowed their view on a small screen instead of discovered the true beauties of their life. So what's the point of they being in that event while not being there? Its good to see you connected what we have learn in the class with your life experiences.
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ReplyDeleteGlad to know you went to comic con! It looked pretty awesome by the pics I saw from some of my friends. Just like me your kind of on the fence with the issue of face to face and computer meditated communication. I definitely do agree with you and sometimes it's what really is more convenient for you. But I do think you should try having more face to face communication because trust me I use to hate it before because I am a very shy person but being in college and working at my job left me no choice but to talk to people. It's tough at first but you will get use to it!