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Alan-Michael Hales
Lynn M. Raymond
UWRT 1101
9/7/2014
The Era of No Face to Face Conversations
Twitter, Facebook, or even Myspace has changed communication between people in all
ways. It allows people to say things behind a computer or cell phone that would not be said face
to face. Now we have relationships that are over the internet or even dating over the internet.
This new era of technology has really taken or really hurt the face to face communication and
has not just affected my literacy narrative but many kids from the 1990s and 2000s.
My first real look at any of these social networks, was Myspace when I was in middle
school. I created one just like everyone else in my grade and begin instant messaging, sharing
pictures and statuses in what I was doing. I never truly let Myspace control my communications,
I still communicated face to face at school and even over the phone. Myspace was then
deadened by Facebook. So just like the rest of the world, I switched over to Facebook and it was
basically the same thing as Myspace. I shared photos and even instant messaged but never let
that control my communications. Now Twitter is real big. Theres always trash talking via
Twitter but never really any face to face confrontation. Twitter did cut down on the photo
sharing but still is big on the instant messaging.
All of these ways havent really changed my literacy narrative like it has some of my
fellow class mates or even parents and family friends. Twitter, Facebook, or even text message

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has changed the way people even type. Using words like U that stands for you. These
shortages of words transfers to their writings and jobs and makes them seem illiterate. Im super
glad none of these have affected my literacy narrative.