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Email, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Delicious, Digg, LinkedIn, blogs (of course), and scores of others—all part of the new and wonderful ways we can now connect with one another electronically, each with its own culture and unique set of rules. In one sense, the planet has never been more interconnected. And yet, this interconnectedness, while wonderful, hasn't come without cost.
The internet phenomena are no doubt come without risk which is isolation. Just from merely browsing and surfing the internet, it literally takes us away from the real world. Grossly addicted to the internet will eventually substitute the physical relationship with electronic relationship
Via internet, the actual emotional expression such as laugh, cries as they are being expressed with LOL, LMOA etc. The internet also acts as a medium for confrontation rather than the traditional face to face confrontation where most people are uncomfortable with.
Precisely because electronic media transmit emotion so poorly compared to in-person interaction, many view it as the perfect way to send difficult messages: it blocks us from registering the negative emotional responses such messages engender, which provides us the illusion we're not really doing harm.
Unfortunately, this also usually means we don't transmit these messages with as much empathy, and often find ourselves sending a different message than we intended and breeding more confusion than we realize.
ETIQUETTE
Internet is excellent when delivering facts but the reverse is true when transmitting emotionally sensitive connections. Others bad etiquette like late or not replying message at all, saying things which they will not say to the people in persona and being insensitive to peoples feeling.
Some of the common sense rule for social media websites is not to say things on email that you are uncomfortable saying to people in person, do not delay your response to messages you would rather avoid, relationship are affected by online communication and last but not least balance time for internet and socializing.
Dr. Alex Lickerman stated that, social media websites are wonderful tools but are often abused. A few common sense rules for the electronic world apply:
1. Don't say anything on email you'd feel uncomfortable saying to someone in person. If it needs saying but feels awkward, do it in person. Look upon it as practice for handling confrontation maturely. Consider yourself drunk every time you get online so that you take steps to monitor yourself carefully. If you find yourself tempted to behave like a boor, step away from your keyboard (you wouldn't drive drunk, would you?).
2. Don't delay your response to messages you'd rather avoid. If someone has reached out to you, they care about your response. Relationships are affected by online communication. It's much easier to injure friendships online than in person because of the ease of creating creating misunderstandings electronically. Non-verbal communication, after all, (argued by to some to represent up to 40% of our in-person communication) is completely absent. Be careful how you word every electronic message you send, in whatever context. Remember that every Internet message you send becomes a permanent part of your brand (whether you're trying to market something or not).
3. Balance time on the Internet with time spent with friends and family. It may seem too obvious to mention, but it feels qualitatively different to go out to dinner with friends than to spend several days engaged in back-and-forth email exchanges. So much communication and meaning is lost in the latter. And our effect on one another is much more intense when we meet in person. When a friend is going through a rough time, nothing substitutes for in-person communication. A gentle smile or a heartfelt hug has far more power than the cleverest emoticon to lift another person's spirits.
Based on research conducted by: Dr. Alex Lickerman, M.D., a general internist and former Director of Primary Care at the University of Chicago
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