My experience with communication technologies

My experience with communication technology?

Well, I hadn't had the chance to use my home phone much when I received my first mobile phone at age 13. Even before then, I never kept in contact with friends as much as I did with my mobile phone. I guess becauseI didn't have any privacy, your whole family could hear what you and your boyfriend where up to, let alone allowing them to know I had a boyfriend. Mobile phones where just more privite.

Texting was my primary source of communicating because phone calls were expensive. Having a phone was also very helpful in contacting my family to tell them where I was, or that I'd be staying after school, or if I got lost in public places, we could always find each other. My Dad lives in Sydney so it was always good to have a phone with me, just in case he needed to contact me and I wasnt home.

My first social interactions with others via the internet was through msn messenger at age 14. There I added all my friends from school and experienced customising my msn page. For example, I experimented changing my font, background colour, learning how to add emotions and so on. Adding friends from other schools was also really great because it gave us a chance to catch up. I started using msn messenger a lot more often and wasn't dependant on my phone as much.

Through much persuasion from friends at school, I became a member of Myspace at 17. Myspace is probably where I spend most of my time socialising with everyone. Through the phone, I was talked through on how to set up my page. This took hrs and hrs. Soon I had added numerous friends I knew from school, and it became a social time for us. Myspace gave me the opportunity to talk to some friends I wouldn't have had the opportunity to talk to at school. Commenting on myspace was just a more comfortable way to talk to people. You didn't have to feel intimidated, worried,under pressure, you just went ahead and wrote to anyone, feeling very comfortable in the process.
Communicating through myspace and in person had it's differences. You had the time to think of what to say when commenting them. You didn't need to feel pressured in person to strike out a good conversation then and there. You didn't need to worry about how you looked, smelt or what you wore which for some people, not me in particular, makes a huge difference.

You'd sometimes come across strangers who requested to be added as one of your friends. I usually don't accpect, but there have been some exceptions. Myspace gives you the opportunity to make new friends. Meeting new people through friends is also a great advantage on myspace. I have used myspace ever since, which is around 5 months now. There are times when I even used myspace as my primary source for contacting friends because some people never have credit on their phones, so I use myspace instead!!! Myspace is also great for advertising social events which contacts you with friends.

In conclusion, I have only experienced three communication technologies that I used in order to contact and communicate with friends or family, I dont know any more. Are there any more ways to communicate with friends???

Let me know if there is!

Other than that, I have to say, I am very glad I joined to myspace and have a phone. Without them, I would never have had the chance to make new relationships and fix old ones as much as I would have in person. Life would have been more difficult to me.