3 Ways Wireless Internet Has Changed Social Interaction

These days, everyone has access to the Internet, be it from their office computers, their personal laptops, or their 4G phones. This rapid spread of the Internet from something stored a room with huge machines to something that one can access on an MP3 player (without getting into the revolutionary aspects of MP3 players!) has fundamentally transformed the world you live in. Your personal life, especially, functions in the age of Internet in a way that would have been utterly unimaginable a few short decades ago. So what are the top transformations you've experienced? Here they are, for your reading pleasure:

1. You can communicate for free across long distances.

Some older readers might remember the day that contacting your sister in Chicago required a long-distance phone call. You had to set the date in advance, too, so that you'd both be home at the same time. When she first heard the phone begin to ring, she had no way of knowing if it was you, finally, or just some telemarketer trying to convince her to buy a vacuum cleaner during the dinner hour. Now, you can drop her an email when you're bored on your commute from your 4G phone, or chat with her on a video message service like Skype or Gchat with the wireless Internet connection in your house.

2. You can communicate with people more casually.

If you don't know someone particularly well, calling them up on the phone can be a little awkward. People who aren't used to talking might interrupt each other, or find it hard to gauge tone. If all you wanted to do was extend a casual invitation ' say you're having a party at your house on Saturday night ' talking to them over the phone may feel like you're putting them on the spot. The Internet takes the pressure off. You can send them an email, letting them know about the party, or seeing if they'd like to grab coffee sometime. They can get back to you as they please. So in this sense, while some say the age of wireless Internet has diminished face-to-face interactions, in a way it can actually facilitate it, by making it easier to make those initial low-pressure contacts.

3. You can't ignore someone as easily.

For all the good that wireless Internet does for social interaction, sometimes everyone is too easy to reach! If you wanted to ignore that guy you talked to at a bar last week, you used to be able to let your calls go to the answering machine before deciding whether or not to pick up. Not being home was a legitimate excuse for not receiving a call. Some people didn't even have answering machines, so there was no way to make contact except to catch them in their houses. What's more, you could always claim to have tried to call them back at a time when they weren't home. But now, most people have phones and check their email and social networking websites on at least a daily basis. If someone sends you a Facebook message and you don't respond within a week, it can be safe to say that you're choosing not to respond.

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