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.”