Just a phase

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Friendships have shifted from face to face communication to "hanging out." To examine this idea I decided to interview someone that grew up in a different time period. The person I chose was Davia Rosemond. She grew up during the 1960s and 70s when media and electronics were not a huge part of American culture. And after college she attended dental school at Howard University. My childhood differed from hers very much which is why I wanted to hear her opinion. Her upbringing was different from the way I'm being raised and I wanted to know her feelings on whether she thinks the shift is a positive or negative.
Face to face communication is being affected by new media in this day and age. But not just face to face interactions changed, but the way in which teenagers today go about making plans is with friends is much different. When I asked Rosemond about how she went about making plans without cellphones when she was younger she said, "I use to see them in person, at school, in dance class and they would decide what they would do and confirm it by house phone. Or I'd walk to friends h...

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