It’s really interesting that we were talking about what
mediums of communication are deemed inappropriate and how those social rules
come about, and then by coincidence today, my mom was talking about the South
Korean presidential scandal. The president is being impeached and had been
firing some of her staff to try to show she was making changes, but then even
more people were angry because it turned out that apparently the prime minister
had been fired via text message. This, to them, seemed very inappropriate and
cowardly. It’s really interesting that so many people fixated on this detail—that
he was fired via text message—as something to get angry about. I thought it
really accentuated Gershwin’s point, though controversial, about how there are
different meanings to the mode of communication utilized.
Beyond that, I find myself much more conscious of my
technology use throughout the day as a result of our conversations. I was sad
to realize how much (all) of my time was staring at some kind of screen. This
may be linked to the fact that I do literally all of my work on my laptop, but
even when I’m lounging, I’m on my phone. It came to a crux when I was browsing
Facebook on my laptop, got bored, grabbed my phone, and opened the Facebook
app. It’s really quite sad.
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