Talking Face to Face, A Method of the Past

Outside of going to school everyday and talking face to face with your friends, how often do you talk to someone face to face? For me, it's usually a text message, Facebook message, Facebook chat, Skype, or a rare phone call. Most teenagers, if they want to talk to someone, they grab a cell phone or a laptop and start talking to them. Face to face conversation is not that common anymore unless you go to school  or work, where you have it everyday. These technological forms of communication allow people to multitask, pretend you are engaged in a conversation, or even just end the conversation for no obvious reason. Older people  who aren't as technologically savvy as  the younger generations haven't caught up on these new ways of communicating. Meanwhile, I find these forms  of technology convinent in situations where you are rushing around and just don't have the time to explain something or you don't have the time to make yourself physically presentable.

The author of "Talking Face to Face Is So...Yesterday" Dominique Browning does a nice job of appealing to the pathos of the audience, however her creditability is lacking. Browning writes of her own personal experiences with the decline in face to face conversations, which allows the audience to connect with Browning and relate their own personal experiences. However, there is no logos appeal of facts, statistics, scientific studies, or evidence to help back up her views. The only information the audience finds out about Browning is that she is the senior director of Moms Clean Air Force, which has little to do with the topic she writes about, nor gives the impression that she has significant knowledge on her topic. Overall though, an interesting piece that makes the audience realize an unspoken truth in the decline of face to face conversations.

Source: Browning, Dominique. "Talking Face to Face Is So...Yesterday." The New York Times 3 Dec. 2011, sec. Opinion: n. pag. The New York Times. Web. 4 Dec. 2011.