Spot on, Ed! I am a counselor and I tell my clients that text messaging is an "amphibious form" of communication. You did an excellent job of explaining exactly WHY this is true. I encourage my clients to use texts for messages functional things like "pick up some dishwasher detergent on your way past the grocery store". Then, we review a hierarchy of communication forms: texting, emailing, handwritten letters, telephoning, face timing, zoom calls, and face-to-face conversation. It is amazing how many communication problems disappear when people stop using text messages as their primary for of communication.
Excellent article! From one old fogey to another. Well done!
Thanks Lois! I believe this is a real and mostly unrecognized problem. It and email abuse are what prompted me to write my "Getting Through" book that covers proper media selection for the messaging situation. Just what you are talking about. Old Fogey? You? No way!
What do you mean by "amphibious" form of communication?
Spot on, Ed! I am a counselor and I tell my clients that text messaging is an "amphibious form" of communication. You did an excellent job of explaining exactly WHY this is true. I encourage my clients to use texts for messages functional things like "pick up some dishwasher detergent on your way past the grocery store". Then, we review a hierarchy of communication forms: texting, emailing, handwritten letters, telephoning, face timing, zoom calls, and face-to-face conversation. It is amazing how many communication problems disappear when people stop using text messages as their primary for of communication.
Excellent article! From one old fogey to another. Well done!
Thanks Lois! I believe this is a real and mostly unrecognized problem. It and email abuse are what prompted me to write my "Getting Through" book that covers proper media selection for the messaging situation. Just what you are talking about. Old Fogey? You? No way!
What do you mean by "amphibious" form of communication?
Amphibian communication. Ok... maybe I'm not an Old Fogey. I'm a Woman of a Certain Age. Lol