Mobile devices have become the technologic tool of
communication; for the most part, creating a virtual interaction among people,
allowing tele-cocooning and inducing technology overload among users.
Virtual communication differs in many ways from those in
face-to-face interaction; it has been this way because of the characteristics
of computer-mediated communication (CMC). CMC lacks many of the auditory and
visual cues which are normally associated with the emotional aspects of
interaction, thus creating a virtual face-to-face interaction. Virtual
communication has many advantages including increasing productivity, reduced
business cost and a better work-life balance of the workforce (Communicaid
Group Ltd, 2015). Also, it allows the equity in the ability to share thoughts
and ideas, creates virtual classrooms, and makes reliable portability. While
avatars and headsets are very useful in casual conversation, they do not
satisfy the desire to communicate intimately very well.
Mobile devices encourage Tele-cocooning today.
Tele-cocooning is described as the intimate human computer interaction,
specifically referring to the communication of one person to another without
the physical interaction (Case, 2011). The perception of tele-cocooning is the
choice of many people today, usually with the most effective systems of
technology. These systems allow for faster, effective and efficient ways of
communicating and sharing knowledge back and forth. One of the major risks of
tele-cocooning is that persons involve can be out of physical face-to-face
interaction with humans for a while, thus resulting in anti-anthropomorphism.
Additionally, it can also cause a person to develop an addictive reaction for
their devices, resulting into a “Technology Overload.
”Technology Overload occurs when a person develops an
addiction for their mobile device and cannot function for a second if the
device becomes dysfunctional, misplace or lost. Most people enjoy the benefits
technology brings to their lives, such as increase productivity, portability,
virtual communication and more. However, an emergent problem is observed among
people suffering from technology overload. People overloaded with technology
often feel uncomfortable or nervous when they cannot use the internet, mobile phone,
and or other mobile devices with a short length of time.
Finally, mobile devices have considerably impacted the way
people communicate or socialize today. Mobile devices are virtualizing our
world, as a result, bringing us closer together virtually, but distant in a
real world perspective. Furthermore, people are being able to reduce
productivity cost, share knowledge, and afforded the opportunity to experience
ethnography with the use of mobile devices.
This post is very interested, as stated above, you can identified the impact of mobile devices both positive and negatively. The way in which an individual used mobile devices can caused them to be shy and lost concentration when they have to communicate face to face or doing some kind of physical communication. In order for any users to be well rounded with both the use of mobile devices and face to face communication, they have to balance the use of communicating on mobile devices and also learn to interact with groups via face to face.
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