Facebook?

Communication is one of the most important aspects that an individual uses in order to allow another person to understand or comprehend the agenda they are trying to get across. There are a lot of ways to communicate or to keep a person in contact with others. Without communication there are certain things of a business, relationship, and partnership that would certainly fail. I believe if a person does not communicate it could be questionable on the validity of their point. In The Handbook of Communication by Owen Hargie, the author expresses, “communication…in order to make sense of, and systematically investigate, social encounters, it is necessary to employ an interpretive framework has been developed for this purpose”. Hargie is showing her readers that communication can be complicated when an individual is trying to express themselves. I believe facebook allows people to communicate in a non traditional way. I feel that facebook has brought many people around the world together who wanted to stay in contact with each other. Facebook is one of the greatest ways to keep in contact with someone. Also I use facebook over other mediums of communication because keeping in touch with certain individuals is better through via web.
Sometimes when a person is overseas there is not a lot of means to keep in contact. I believe facebook is the inexpensive way of communication. No, you can never put a price on how much a conversation is, however there should be certain boundaries that every relationship should have. I believe when it comes to a spouse, maybe the best choices are not to call them on the front line in a war. The best way could be sending them an email through facebook to let them know you love them and to call as soon as possible. Then there are situation where keeping in contact with a friend in France or even in a different state makes facebook more valid. I have a really close friend that lives in France. We dated for two years while he was here in America and he went back to France after he got his bachelor’s degree. I miss him very much; nevertheless, we know that facebook allows us to keep each other posted on our daily task, without calling each other every day. Also facebook allows us to keep a certain distance from each other because we know if it were not for the countries between us and his poor communication skills things would be a lot better. This is a situation where keeping in contact over the phone is not in either parties best interest. I love friends and family, not matter what I believe, any means of communication is better than nothing. I feel there is no excuse of not using the most simplistic way of facebook to keep in contact.
I choose to use facebook because it is less personal than other forms of communication. When putting up pictures and posting, I know who ever looks at my page will know about my life. The beauty of facebook is you can tell people who look at your page, what you want them to know about you. In the article Checking Out Facebook.com: The Impact of a Digital Trend on Academic Libraries by Laurie Charnigo and Paula Barnett-Ellis, the authors explained “… three pilot research studies have also focused on privacy issues specifically relating to Facebook…” I believe there should not be a concern with privacy on facebook because everyone that is using facebook knows the best way to keep in contact with a friend is through facebook. Facebook allows people to say this is what I did this weekend or I just got married. Facebook is the best way to let friends, love ones, and others know they can be an invitation to your birthday party through facebook. WOW! Look, you did not have to waste all of your minutes on your cell phone to let people know you are have a birthday party because sometimes talking with a friend on the phone maybe a little awkward. This could be you and the individual, who got into a verb debate, you might not want them to know I am sorry and you can still come to my birthday party.