The Communication Methods of Today's Students

Today's rapidly changing environment and proliferation of smartphones and other new devices has meant that the ways in which people prefer to communicate with others, find out the latest news, and perform their job duties are changing rapidly as well. Rather than merely being limited to Generation Y, the mass adoption of texting and other contemporary forms of communication -- such as Facebook or other social networking sites -- has included many people in their forties and beyond. Nevertheless, there appear to be growing generational differences in preferences and communication tendencies. Many still consider texting to be inconsiderate, particularly when they are trying to communicate face-to-face with the one doing the texting. E-mail was indicated as the most frequent method of communicating for most purposes, and texting was relatively important as well, particularly for socializing.