well this is my first proper blog and not really sure what to write, but i was interested in the whole blogging concept that james has brought in to this class.
although i can see the benefits of this new 'blogging' phenomenon that has quickly spread through the social psychology scene, i think there is a case for arguing that such social online interaction is a not necessarily a good thing.
firstly, computers can be very very annoying. for example, after spending half an hour filling out details about myself for my profile, i clicked on a button (obviously the wrong one) that i thought would save it. instead it deleted all the details. on reflection, maybe i should be annoyed at the operator?
secondly, in a society that seems to revolve around computers and mobile phones, i think that we sacrifice good old fashioned face-to-face talking. i heard a statistic on the ever-reliable news the other night that something like 16 million people in australia have a mobile phone! although mobiles and computers can be good for keeping in contact with people, communication with these devices lack in a number of ways in comparison to talking face to face. talking to someone in person you can pick up body language, tone, sarcasm, humour, etc. yet when we read a text message we have to interpet it and think about what the sender is saying. i know i have read messages and taken it one way and found out the sender meant something different. also, with communication online or with mobiles responses can be sent almost instantaneously, without actually thinking about what we are saying or what was said by the other person. context is difficult to establish with such devices.
on the other hand, i think that the whole submitting blogs and online engagement is good in that it mixes things up at uni. this is my fourth year at uni and it seems that there is a fair bit of repition in units. lectures, tutorials, essays, lab reports, exams, and so on.
anyway, to anyone that reads this thanks for taking the time to read my rant...
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
