Not feeling too great, you decide to send a text message to your best friend. After 

waiting a good 10 minutes, and still no reply you decide to go on your computer. If you 

do not own a computer, or cell phone; this does not apply to you. Although considering 

the age of technology we are currently living in, this scenario (in most circumstances) 

applies to you. Still feeling like you need to console with someone, you log onto 

Facebook, or some other social networking website. You spark up a conversation with 

one of your friends who is also online. You say the usual “Hey what’s up?” and continue 

to tell them about how you aren’t feeling well. The conversation seems to go 

swimmingly, but does it really help how you are feeling? One could argue that with the 

aid of technology, it makes reaching out to others for help easier. Unfortunately this is 

not the truth. Argumentatively you may feel better after chatting with your friend online, 

but would it not have been more satisfying to talk to them in person? Over the last 60 

years our means of communication as humans has increased exponentially, but is it 

really any easier to reach out for help? A conversation can be broken down into three 

parts: tone of voice, body language, and self interpretation. With text messaging, and 

social networking sites a set of words on a screen leaves the conversation to self 

interpretation. Our new ways to reach out to other humans, has increased the speed in 

which we can get ahold of someone and though it helps in our busy lives, it has 

become harder to reach out for help then it would have been during the 1950’s.