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Mobile phones and the Internet have made it easier to stay in contact with other people. However, as a lot of time is spent using telephones and computers, there is less face –to-face contact and direct communication. Is the growing use of communication technology a positive or a negative development for society?

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New technological
methods
 have emerged recently, which provide
people
 with fast
communication
.
However
, the users of new
methods
 have
less
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 chances to communicate in person. While
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 there are some drawbacks associated with modern
communication
 ways, I believe the main benefits are more substantial. On the one hand, a potential disadvantage of new
communication
methods
 may be
lack
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 of possibility to meet other
people
 face to face. Which could not provide all our needs
such
 as emotional
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. Sometimes, we need to hug and kiss our relatives. Another perceived negative is that sometimes we find it difficult to convey our thoughts by phone calls and sending messages via the Internet. Since often we are unable to use our body language it could lead to misunderstanding.
On the other hand
, a primary advantage of high-tech devices
such
 as the Internet and mobile phones is that we are able to have
a
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fast
communication
 with
the
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others. A thousand years ago if ancient
people
 wanted to send a
massage
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message
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 to another they would
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 it by horses or trained birds. In
such
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 it may
last
 days or even weeks.
However
, it is an undeniable fact that nowadays we are able to access
whoever
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 we want to call all around the world within a few seconds just by
dialing
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 their phone number or sending emails. A
further
 benefit is that some activities are no longer needed to be held physically.
For instance
, weekly meetings or theoretical classrooms can be held on the Internet,
that
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 makes communications easier for
people
 who are
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long distances or unable to attend in
classroom
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. On balance, it is true that emerging modern ways of
communication
 would seem
disadvantages
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 under certain circumstances.
However
, in my view, its positive effects in terms of fast and facile
methods
 override the disadvantages
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society.
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