1. http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/step-away-from-your-phone-the-new-rules-of-conversation
The young people of today are engaging in a new phenomenon which is known as 'phubbing' this involves maintaining eye contact they continue to use their phones. But do adults not part take in this multitasking as they are unable to maintain both conversation and staying on their phone, so has technology shaped the way the younger generation communicate; yet is it beginning to affect the older generation.
When a conversation begins to become either too intense or becomes awkward we now have technology to use as a 'go to' when feelings of anxiousness arise. Through technology we are able to communicate with a lot more clarity as we are able to edit out what we don't want to express and can hide the emotions due to being behind a screen. Technology promotes being social and being a 'community' but isn't it ironic how we use our mobile phones while being alone sat in our rooms? A problem with communicating through technology is that it brings a high level of uncertainty as how can we tell who we are communicating with, as the only proof we have is a name which can be edited with a click of a button.
Do these new forms of commination lead to a decline in the authenticity of language, as research has shown that within young people despite being more connected on cyberspace they still are associated with loneliness.
2.http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/how-to-talk-to-anyone-the-experts-guide
Both children and teenagers are known to be difficult to hold a conversation with due to a lack of response from their behalf. This may be down to them not knowing what your looking to get in return from asking them a certain question, they often respond with a grunt or shrug their shoulders; try to meet their emotions instead of telling them how to feel. Teens often prefer to hold a conversation while being preoccupied in another task, allows them to feel less tense and not maintain so much information. When communicating with children its beneficial to use games and visual cues as they are able to piece these bits of information together.
- An important aspect of communicating with both children and teenagers is to respect the importance of what they're saying even if it might seem something small it might have had a bigger impact on them.
3.http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2015/nov/28/the-conversation-that-changed-my-life
A 27 year old who had a mental illness of what is described to be split personality, as she wanted to have one half of her who remained a 'good' or in other words sane individual; she described it was an easier way to cope. She had been admitted to a treatment centre in which she had come off the cocaine, she felt a lot of hatred towards herself as she felt like she would rather be in a ditch then being safe. She had been told that if she wanted to leave she would have to discuss it with a duty counsellor in which she described she liked his 'fury', After telling her that she should stay she came to the realisation that infact wanting to locate to a ditch was wrong, as no matter where you are when you're mad, madness travels with you.
Both the counsellor and the women resulted to sitting in the hallway while grasping on another's hand and the duty counsellor continued to compliment the young women by calling her 'lovely' in which she describes as 'being lit in my mind a tiny, indelible wisp of sanity'. The mental illness which had haunted her for many years had began to seize as she felt as though she wanted to kill the other bad version of her before it killed her.
