Comments on: Social Media isn't a band-aid for Communication Value http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/social-media-isnt-a-band-aid-for-communication-value/ Lauren, Katie and Chevis: PRetty Opinionated. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:05:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Lauren Fernandez http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/social-media-isnt-a-band-aid-for-communication-value/comment-page-1/#comment-1465 Lauren Fernandez Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:35:16 +0000 http://laurenafernandez.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-1465 I want one too! I was wondering if anyone would catch the hovercraft reference and comment on it. I want one too! I was wondering if anyone would catch the hovercraft reference and comment on it.

]]> By: Lauren Fernandez http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/social-media-isnt-a-band-aid-for-communication-value/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Lauren Fernandez Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:56:20 +0000 http://laurenafernandez.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-82 I want one too! I was wondering if anyone would catch the hovercraft reference and comment on it. I want one too! I was wondering if anyone would catch the hovercraft reference and comment on it.

]]> By: Richie Escovedo http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/social-media-isnt-a-band-aid-for-communication-value/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Richie Escovedo Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:11:17 +0000 http://laurenafernandez.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-81 Thank you for the reminder for human communication being augmented with (not replaced by) social media. BTW, I would *love* a hovercraft! Thank you for the reminder for human communication being augmented with (not replaced by) social media. BTW, I would *love* a hovercraft!

]]> By: Lauren Fernandez http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/social-media-isnt-a-band-aid-for-communication-value/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Lauren Fernandez Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:35:07 +0000 http://laurenafernandez.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-80 I am a big fan of my iPhone, and sometimes I wonder how I would function with an "old-school" phone. It looks like we are on the same wavelength when it comes to having social media compliment traditional media - we should never lose that face to face value. Thanks for reading! Lauren I am a big fan of my iPhone, and sometimes I wonder how I would function with an “old-school” phone. It looks like we are on the same wavelength when it comes to having social media compliment traditional media – we should never lose that face to face value. Thanks for reading!

Lauren

]]> By: Colleen http://www.laurenafernandez.com/blog/social-media-isnt-a-band-aid-for-communication-value/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Colleen Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:28:21 +0000 http://laurenafernandez.wordpress.com/?p=61#comment-79 As someone who just got an iPhone this weekend I'm not opposed to having it glued to my thumbs. In fact, I think it may already be. But you're right about keeping the lines of "traditional communication" (i.e. speaking to people on the phone or in person, reading their facial expressions and body language, deciphering inflections in their voice) open. Social media should complement our usual means of communication, otherwise we lose what is personal and sacred about human beings: our complex yet satisfying means of communicating with one another. As someone who just got an iPhone this weekend I’m not opposed to having it glued to my thumbs. In fact, I think it may already be.

But you’re right about keeping the lines of “traditional communication” (i.e. speaking to people on the phone or in person, reading their facial expressions and body language, deciphering inflections in their voice) open. Social media should complement our usual means of communication, otherwise we lose what is personal and sacred about human beings: our complex yet satisfying means of communicating with one another.

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