Does Technology Improve or Harm Our Communication Skills?

Ironically, I think technology harms our communication skills. Because technology makes communicating so fast and easy through texts, emails, etc, I think it downplays the importance of meaningful face to face contact. It can also lead to abbreviated conversations, which is great for sending straightforward messages, but not so good when you want to carry on meaningful conversations. Along with this, it’s harder to convey the tone of what you want to say without hearing voice inflection and seeing body language. This can lead to damaging miscommunication. Technology also puts a barrier between the people communicating. This can possibly lead people to say things they wouldn’t normally say to someone’s face. In all, I don’t think using the medium of technology is a bad way to communicate. However, it’s bad when people become too dependent on it and constantly use technology as an easy way out of a necessary face to face conversation. To sum up my point, no one should get dumped by a text.