Communication Technology And Stress – Part 2

admin — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:19:43 +0000

In the first part of this article we studied about how email changed our lives forever. In a way email made all of us easily accessible but also added lot of stress in our lives. It is said that Begum Noorjahan, queen of Mughal Emperor Jehangir had trained pigeons that carried her messages. She had no stress about how they reached their destination and when. Whereas we get frantic if an expected email does not arrive in time. This age of information technology has made many medical professionals who treat stress related diseases much richer.

The next quantum jump was with online chat. You will find many people who are constantly on the look out of friends who are online for chat. Why? So that they can discuss something with them while doing their work at the same time. Most of such chats are of no use except that they are great stress builders and work spoilers. Earlier we used to go out to meet friends. Now a days we join chat rooms and chat with people about whose real identity we have no clue. A man may be acting as a woman and vice versa.

Somehow we are forgetting our purpose of life because we are being bombarded with technology. We have forgotten that there is something like joy, fun, reflection, and peace. There is no peace in lives of most of those who are online. The stress effects are very dangerous. It may cause depression, cardiac problems, affect immune system and play havoc with our health. But we are not concerned because most of us are busy with our personal computers. A time may soon come when more and more people will meet their friends only online and may not meet them physically for years.

In the next part of this article we will find out about how discussion boards may be causing stress to most of us.

Communication Technology And Stress – Part 3

hanun — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:39:34 +0000

There were times when friends used to meet everyday and discuss various issues. People enjoyed attending seminars and conferences and networking was done mostly in the physical world. Meet, shake hands, say hello and begin talking. One could see who the other person was and look into their eyes. Now days we meet others on discussion boards. Discussion boards may at times relieve tension rather than increasing it, but that is not common. For a person with few friends in the physical world, discussion boards are good to meet others and share views.

But there are many issues that create problems on the discussion boards. The real identity of somebody is not known. One may create more than one identity and play around. It is difficult to communicate because there is no non-verbal communication. Every communication is done purely with words. Please note that in physical world lot of communication is done with non-verbal methods.

There is one big issue about discussion boards- you may be responding enthusiastically to somebody’s post and may find that the other person never returns on the board. You may also suffer because of time zone problems. You may be 8-10 hours away from others and by the time you join the discussion, it is over. Heated discussion that may cause lot of tension especially ensues when religions are discussed. Some of the board members are fanatics who defend a religion against every argument and create lot of heat and stress with their words. The same discussion in a physical world may not have so many stresses.

Discussion boards are a good way to lighten up the mood provided you do the following: 1. Join only light discussion without any political and religious overtones. 2. Avoid a member if you know that they are troublemakers. 3. Never get emotionally involved with any member. 4. Never get emotionally involved with a discussion. The moment you find that you are getting deeper in a discussion, get away.

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Communication Technology And Stress – Part 2

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