Posted by syko
12 May 2005, 2:23am
I dont genrally blog when sumthing shitty happens.
But this time i gess i shall.
Any medium of communication.
Should not just help transfer the message, it should also provide cues for a context to be created and maintained. And this is bloddy important coz the mood of the person involved may be as fickle as a fiddle (better analogies are a waste)... so any medium of communication should provide information on
a. whether the context has changed
b. what that change is.
If a medium cannot accomplish this, it is a bloddy waste.
A couple of examples.
Context shift cues in oral communication:
tone of voice/volume of exchange/things like that
Context shift cues in face-to-face verbal communication:
All of the above. and...
facial expressions/the beginnings of a smile/or a frown for that matter...shit like that.
Context shift cues in a chat window.
Huh? What? Where?
Chatting, as I've come to painfully experience, does not provide for cues to a shift in the mood of the conversation. The smileys are sposed to help. But the overwhelming focus here is on how well the participants in the conversation know each other...and sometimes, that's just not enough.
Today's not the first time. I find that many-a-times, I hav to be quick to spot a change in the tone of the other person...i get it right a lot. but not ALL the bloddy time. and neither does the other person. and that's sad. coz i seem to hav jus lost faith in this whole chat business.
talk_to_me_face_to_face.
coz_this_sure_doesn't_seem_to_be_working.
syko.
Current Mood: Amazed
Current Music: !@*^!*#^
But this time i gess i shall.
Any medium of communication.
Should not just help transfer the message, it should also provide cues for a context to be created and maintained. And this is bloddy important coz the mood of the person involved may be as fickle as a fiddle (better analogies are a waste)... so any medium of communication should provide information on
a. whether the context has changed
b. what that change is.
If a medium cannot accomplish this, it is a bloddy waste.
A couple of examples.
Context shift cues in oral communication:
tone of voice/volume of exchange/things like that
Context shift cues in face-to-face verbal communication:
All of the above. and...
facial expressions/the beginnings of a smile/or a frown for that matter...shit like that.
Context shift cues in a chat window.
Huh? What? Where?
Chatting, as I've come to painfully experience, does not provide for cues to a shift in the mood of the conversation. The smileys are sposed to help. But the overwhelming focus here is on how well the participants in the conversation know each other...and sometimes, that's just not enough.
Today's not the first time. I find that many-a-times, I hav to be quick to spot a change in the tone of the other person...i get it right a lot. but not ALL the bloddy time. and neither does the other person. and that's sad. coz i seem to hav jus lost faith in this whole chat business.
talk_to_me_face_to_face.
coz_this_sure_doesn't_seem_to_be_working.
syko.
Current Mood: Amazed
Current Music: !@*^!*#^
12 May 2005, 9:48am
I talk from experience .
a)The internet should NEVER be used for any form of communication with REAL people(people who actually exist).
b) The yahoo messenger should be used ONLY for offliners and nothing else. You diggin your own grave if you actually trying to make meaningful conversation with somebody you dont know by 'chatting' with them.:-|
You can thank me later.
:-p
:-d
12 May 2005, 10:24am
:p hehe
True. Learning da truth.
And ya, i NEVER make meaningful conversation anyways :p
syko.
PS: this is abt chatting with people i DONT kno. sad@ss.
12 May 2005, 10:26am
oops! aar!
i meant..."with people i DO kno"
fax_pass
syko.
12 May 2005, 3:44pm
What now? You used that "have you been shaving?" line on somebody online..AGAIN? Did the tone shift from friendly to fugly in no time..AGAIN?
No point in teachin you da ways of life.
Just no point at all.
12 May 2005, 10:58pm
I talk from way too much experience in this particular way of communication, and yes with ppl i DO know. :D
Unlike certain others in these comments... :-"
ok, now i dun feel like typing anymore. :|
Out.
13 May 2005, 1:04am
bollocks!
"she got that from shaving" is a todally bonafide funny line! :))
still_chucklin_over_dat :D
syko.