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How communication and language has changed over time

I. Consent form (statement of purpose)

You are invited to take part in a research on How communication and language has

changed over time. The study consists of applying questionnaires with a number of 6

questions, to which you can answer on condition of anonymity. Your answers will be kept

confidential, with only the student and teacher having access to them. The processing of the

data will not allow any information about yourself or your opinions to be disclosed. You

may withdraw at any time before handing over the questionnaire without suffering any

penalties and without affecting your personal or professional relationships. Your verbal

consent is sufficient for participation in the questionnaire.

II. Interview questions:

1. How do you communicate with friends?

2. How do you communicate with elders?

3. Do you prefer to text or talk on the phone?

4. How much do you communicate on social media?

5. What are the barriers to communicating with others?

6. Explain how has communication changed in your lifetime?

Age ___________

Sex ___________

Thank you!

III. Interviewees' answers

X: 20 years old, male:

1. How do you communicate with friends?

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Quickly, texting, on social media

2. How do you communicate with elders?

With difficulty, we don’t get along at all, in fact, we don't really communicate

3. Do you prefer to text or talk on the phone?

Both texting and over phone, but more through texting, I think.

4. How much do you communicate on social media?

Enough, only when I sleep I do not communicate.

5. What are the barriers to communicating with others?

Age.... For example, my grandparents don't use social media, and that's why we don't talk

much.

6. Explain how has communication changed in your lifetime?

Today communication is very fast, a message reaches the recipient in no time

Y: 40 years old, female:

1. How do you communicate with friends?

We meet at weekends, or we call each other if we have anything to talk about.

2. How do you communicate with elders?

As with the others, we see each other or talk on the phone

3. Do you prefer to text or talk on the phone?

I prefer to hear their voices.

4. How much do you communicate on social media?

Little, I don't have time for that....

5. What are the barriers to communicating with others?

Curiously, but technology is a barrier... my kids sit around all day with their noses buried in

their tablet/phone and they barely answer a question...

6. Explain how has communication changed in your lifetime?

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Communication, under the influence of ICT elements, has become much more effective, if it

were not, it would only be a waste of time.

IV. Summary of findings

Language has a social-historical origin and is the main form of communication

between people. In the process of communication with language people exchange ideas and

influence each other. In psychology, language is studied as a superior psychic process, as a

special form of human activity. Verbal communication between people takes place

permanently in their professional activity and in everyday life. The answers of the 2

respondents show a different perspective on interpersonal communication, age-driven

conception and the use of new communication technologies. To make our analysis easier,

we'll mark the 20-year-old with an X and the 40-year-old with an Y.

On the first question, How do you communicate with friends?, X answers that he does

it very quickly, by using social media while Y says he prefers to meet others or communicate

over the phone with them. Social networks have many advantages. With their help it can

increase an individual's social activity and increase the number of new relationships.

Maintaining these relationships is very easy, as it is possible to communicate in real time

even with people who are thousands of kilometers away. At the same time, this

communication allows individuals to be constantly informed of real-life events almost as

soon as they happen. On the other hand, however, communication is going too fast,

information sometimes spreads too quickly. The problem is when this information is

exaggerated, altered (data are changed, other untrue information is added, relevant

information is lost) or is totally false. Communication through the use of social media loses

its value if we replace it with face-to-face discussions with other people. It's a way of

communicating, but it can't and shouldn't replace face-to-face meetings. Because of these

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networks, the quality of relationships decreases and a lot eloquent words change their

meanings and lose their value.

To the question How do you communicate with elders? I find different opinions again.

For Y there is no barrier to communication with the elderly. Instead, X asserts that

communication with older people is difficult, hence the lack of understanding between

generations. For a young person, it is important not only to communicate with others but also

to occupy a suitable position in a particular group. A young man can manifest a desire to win

a leadership position in the group, to be recognized, loved. He does not adapt to groups that

have older people, who are wise, who have life experience and can give advice and who

communicate more...

To the question Do you prefer to text or talk on the phone? person Y clearly replies

that he prefers to speak on the phone while X is adept at written communication. Oral

communication is the essence of verbal communication. It involves the art of speaking and

listening to the other and it is rich in expressive means. Written language is poor in these

expressive means, and spelling and punctuation can hardly replace the expressiveness of oral

language. Therefore, the efficiency, speed and transparency of oral communication are

preferable to the absence of emotional barriers to written communication. But in the

contemporary world the latter is often used, especially in younger generations.

From the answer to the question How much do you communicate on social media? it

is noted that young people spend almost all their free time on social media because they help

build relationships, communicate with other people and develop career opportunities. Adults,

after 40 years, do not have much free time, are busy with career or family.

To the question What are the barriers to communicating with others? the answers

provided by X and Y are surprising and interesting to analyze. For X the barrier in

communication with his grandparents is their inability to use technology (tablets, smart

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phones, etc.). For Y, it is precisely the excessive use of technology by its children that is a

barrier to communication. This means that for some the use of IT resources can mean

isolation or diminishing human and social relations.

In question 6, Explain how has communication changed in your lifetime? both X and

Y have indicated that communication has changed throughout their lives, becoming much

faster and more efficient.

In conclusion, it can be observed that both subjects admit that in the 21st century

communication has become effective due to the development of computer communication

technologies, in particular television, mobile phones, hardware and network or satellite

systems. Also, social networks are among the trendy sites in recent years. Not only does it

help us to be in constant contact with friends, to communicate with them, but they have also

revolutionized the way we do business over the Internet or find a job. The social movement

on the web has grown dramatically in recent times and, according to statistics, the number of

users is expected to increase considerably in the coming years. But there always has to be a

balance between online and real life interaction, because we can't spend all the time we have

in front of an IT machine.