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'The conversation' is a collection of descriptions of conversations, from 'The conversation that changed my life' to 'The conversation i didn't expect'. There are eight different conversation sin this article, each as moving and emotive as the last. I believe that the article was made to show people the real power of face-to-face conversation, since we are beginning to lose it to texts. The article includes conversations that have stuck with the writer's for many years, and show something that is not possible through texting. I think the aim of this was to show people that they need to put down their phone once in a while in order for things such as these to happen - you need to be in the real world to have such moving and memorable conversations. It shows the true power of conversation.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
The Guardian - How to talk to anyone: The experts guide.
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This article is a collection of interviews by Rosie Ifould, in which they discuss the 'How to's' of creating conversation which several different kinds of people (from parents to doctors). In the interviews, the interviewees give tips on how to create a good and positive conversation with a certain kind of person - and how to create a good relationship with them. It seems to me that this article is put together to also highlight the affect technology has had on our ability to communicate with others - the fact that they have highlighted very basic and straight forward things shows me this, and it could also be seen as being quite humorous. The 'secrets' this panel shares seem to have become secrets because of the uprising of technology, almost saying that nobody knows how to communicate anymore.
This article is a collection of interviews by Rosie Ifould, in which they discuss the 'How to's' of creating conversation which several different kinds of people (from parents to doctors). In the interviews, the interviewees give tips on how to create a good and positive conversation with a certain kind of person - and how to create a good relationship with them. It seems to me that this article is put together to also highlight the affect technology has had on our ability to communicate with others - the fact that they have highlighted very basic and straight forward things shows me this, and it could also be seen as being quite humorous. The 'secrets' this panel shares seem to have become secrets because of the uprising of technology, almost saying that nobody knows how to communicate anymore.
The Guardian - Step away from your phone: The new rules of conversation
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In this article, Oliver Burkeman discusses texting in today's society - and how it has become the most used way of communication. Burkeman mentions the fact that people are beginning to text each other even when they are fact-to-face. He suggests that we are even beginning to lose our sense of empathy and feeling when we are having a face-to-face conversation and that today's society don't even know how to communicate in ways other than texting. To sum up Burkeman's ideas, 'why speak face-to-face when you can put it all in a text?'. Burkeman says that he finds it rude when people are texting when in the company of others, and mentions the games some people play when they're out for dinner to ensure that there is real time conversation. People who enjoy and take part in face-to-face conversation are becoming the minority, according to Oliver Burkeman, and he suggests that we are going to lose our real time communication completely if texting to this degree continues.
In this article, Oliver Burkeman discusses texting in today's society - and how it has become the most used way of communication. Burkeman mentions the fact that people are beginning to text each other even when they are fact-to-face. He suggests that we are even beginning to lose our sense of empathy and feeling when we are having a face-to-face conversation and that today's society don't even know how to communicate in ways other than texting. To sum up Burkeman's ideas, 'why speak face-to-face when you can put it all in a text?'. Burkeman says that he finds it rude when people are texting when in the company of others, and mentions the games some people play when they're out for dinner to ensure that there is real time conversation. People who enjoy and take part in face-to-face conversation are becoming the minority, according to Oliver Burkeman, and he suggests that we are going to lose our real time communication completely if texting to this degree continues.
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