en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:51:15 GMT 15 By Kaitlin Calk

In recent time, the number of ways of communicating with one another seems to have increased drastically. No more are the days of a simple telephone call, now there is MySpace, MySpace mobile, Livejournal, texting, instant messaging, Facebook, Xanga, Deadjournal, Greatestjournal, cell phones, email and many more ways of getting in touch with friends and family. “[If we didn’t have those ways of getting a hold of each other,] I think we’d all fi nd something more productive to be doing instead of sitting on Myspace,” Senior Megan Boyd said. “But having texting, cell phones, Myspace and everything else makes things a lot easier.” While texting, cell phones and Myspace are all considerably popular, each one of them has reached their own height of popularity at one point. Long ago, cell phones were the big thing. “I prefer the phone,” senior Christine Conboy said. “It’s the best way but not always the most convenient. When you use texting or Myspace, you can’t really tell what mood that person is in because you can’t hear their voice. The phone is way more personal than texting.” After the cell phone craze, Myspace found its way into millions of teens’ lives. “Texting and talking on the phone are more reliable than Myspace,” Boyd said. “A lot of people don’t get on it very much, and using Myspace depends on whether or not your computer works, so you never really know if you’re going to get a reply any time soon.” Around the same time, seeing people typing messages at lightning speed became a very common sight. “Texting is easier because you can do it while you do other things,” junior Jessie Lott said. “All of your attention doesn’t have to be on the conversation. Sometimes, though, people can take what you write the wrong way because they can’t tell how you’re saying it.” Time and advancements in technology have had a huge eff ect on how we keep in touch with friends and family, and many of us would have a hard time if that wasn’t the case. “If everything we use to communicate just one day disappeared, I’d probably have extra time on my hands, so I’d be really bored. I’d also be mad that it wouldn’t be so easy to talk to people and communicating would be a lot harder. Basically, I’d have no way to talk to any of my friends.” ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:33:00 GMT