Modern Day Communication

When we want to talk to friends or family should we call them or text them? While many people choose to text there are just as many that would prefer to call or facetime instead. I personally prefer to text just because it is quiet and allows me more time to think about my response instead of making one on the go. However, I do know people who prefer to call instead and while I don’t mind it is not my ideal form of communication. Someone may want to call because they can’t explain what they want to tell you over text so simply and need to further describe it in detail.

It is a tricky question that requires a tricky response but I intend to find out the answer in this essay. When a person calls you are you more inclined to answer it? Calling is something that people do when they want to hear the person’s voice and perhaps even understand them better through their tone and speech. When texting another person it can be more difficult to understand them because you can’t hear someone’s tone through text like when in person you can hear their tone whether or not it is serious or playful. However with texting as I stated before it is easier to make up responses to a person’s text.

However, calling helps can make things easier to describe and process compared to a text where there can be a description but no real emotion behind it. Even when you use things like exclamation marks and other symbols in an attempt to show more emotion. Calling and texting is very dependent on the type of person you are and how you communicate with others. Texts are faster and take less effort making it convenient and easy to use which is the way I think a majority of people prefer to use. I believe that when someone needs to discuss something important and serious that they would prefer to call just to make sure that every is clearly understood and that there are no misconceptions.

If I were to use my personal opinion about it I would say that I would prefer to call just because it is easier and more convenient. Where with calling if it is something confidential or important you may not want to talk about it if you are in a public space. Texting is a more simple faster way to get a message sent to someone if you need them to know right away as soon as possible. Calling and texting are two very different ways of communication but very similar in their own way I would however say that the older generation is a lot more used to calling. While the younger generation is more used to texting as their main form of communication.

I know that our younger generations are so used to it that they have become addicted to apps like Snapchat and Instagram which are extremely popular posting and messaging apps. While you have to pay money to have minutes and other such things to call it is much cheaper to just download these apps and message your friends than call them. These apps do have calling features but it is the texting part that is the most popular among most people today. To call or to text is a topic that has been very tricky to pick between. To listen to the person’s voice and make up their voice in your head are two very different forms of communication.

Leaving it between you to interpret what they are saying or to hear it directly from them. It’s hard to say but if I had to choose I would pick texting over calling simply because it is more practical and it can be done anywhere at almost any time. Making it easy access and communication so you don’t have to wait for the other person to answer their phone. They could instead simply send a message and the other person can respond whenever they see it. It just seems like the easier choice and I could see many people wanting to text over call.

“Why do they make me have a desk phone at work? It’s been plugged in a total of 3 minutes. Dear universe stop with business cards and landline phones, already!” by spacematters is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.