Technology Can Help Our Social Lives
Technology helps people do everything from planning to meet for a movie to keeping in touch with a friend who lives in a different country.
When planning to get together with friends, Julian said, “The easiest and fastest way I know is to send a text message to my contact group.”
Jocelyn said, “If I want to go see a movie with a few friends I usually text message them. By telephone, you have to call every single friend one by one. But text messaging allows you to send the same message to as many people as you’d like, which saves a lot of time.”
Text messaging or IM seem to work for lots of people. But other people prefer to call. Rawaa said she made plans online with a friend to meet at the mall. “It didn’t work, we each went to a different mall. I think we should have talked on the phone.”
Situations like these make many people double-check their plans. Heather told us, “I usually make plans on the phone or e-mail to begin, but finalize details using text messages.”
Email, IM, and other low-cost methods of communication also help people maintain long-distance friendships in ways they couldn’t have even a few years ago.
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