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Social Anxiety and the Internet

Barbara Holm | Posted 04.09.2013 | Technology
Read More: Communication, Instant Messaging, Internet, Technology, Twitter, Social Anxiety, Facebook, Social Phobia, Technology News
Barbara Holm

The Internet is a safe barrier where people can feel free to say whatever they want. If we're all connected when we're alone in a dark room lit up by a computer screen, then why would we ever go to a bar?

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Poly Breakup: The Ups and Downs of a Mostly Single Person

Amy Shiner | Posted 11.04.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Relationship Advice, Polyamory, Relationships, Instant Messaging, Social Networking, Single, Female Empowerment, Bdsm, Breakups, Gay Voices News
Amy Shiner

I'm not fighting to get Eric back. I was relieved that he wanted to break up with me. My therapist offered me some words of advice a few years ago when I was very depressed over another breakup. He told me to fake happy till I make it.

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Are You A Status Tease?

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 11.20.2011 | Technology
Read More: Etiquette Im, Gchat Statuses, Instant Messaging, Rules Im, Im Etiquette Rules, AIM Etiquette, Video, Rules Gchat, Statuses Gchat, Gchat, Chat, Aim, Etiquette Gchat, AIM Etiquette Rules, Gchat Etiquette, Im Etiquette, Technology News

Instant messaging was what you did in 8th grade because you didn't have a car and human interaction made you anxious, now you do it because you work a...

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My one-sided friendship: How can I get her to stop IM-ing me?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: The Friendship Doctor, Im, Living News, Relationships, Defriend, Lonely Friend, Breaking News, Friendship Advice, One-Sided Friendship, Unfriending, Unfriend, Online Friendship, Instant-Messaging, G-Chat, Defriending, Instant Message, Living, Downgrading a Friend, Breaking Living News, Communication, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Hi Irene, I'm in an awkward situation with a friend and I'm at a loss about how to proceed. We've been friends for about 6 years. We met ...

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Disgruntled 2010 Voters Are All Polaroid's Fault

Tom Gerdy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Economic Recovery, Ray Kroc, Economic Crisis, Mid-Term Elections, Polaroid, Stock Market, Instant Messaging, Love of Country, Partisan Politics, Voting, Politics News
Tom Gerdy

It was with the invention of the Polaroid that we entered the world of instant gratification. And now, our Polaroid society can't understand why not everything is fixed yet. But challenges building for decades cannot be fixed in a year or two.

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AOL Continues Driving Wrong Way with New, Bigger Ads

Damien Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Ads, Marketing, Media, Aol, Advertising, Internet, Instant Messaging, Larry Kramer, Business, Business News
Damien Hoffman

AOL has a packed mausoleum of successful products that dropped dead. AOL is proving once again that they are out of touch with how to turn an awesome user-base into a sustainable business.

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Communication: Week 13 of 'Mental Muscle' Boot Camp

Paul Katz | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Science of Mind, Fear, Spiritual Boot Camp, Instant Messaging, The NoHo Arts Center for New Thought, Email, New Thought, James Mellon, Mental Muscle, Voicemail, Facebook, Text Messaging, Friendship, Passive Aggressive, Spirituality, Truth, Communication, Social Networking, Social Media, Healthy Living News
Paul Katz

Part fifteen in a series. "There is a reason why Communication Week follows Self-Esteem in Spiritual Boot Camp," said James Mellon. "First, you get...

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Email's End?

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Social Media, Newmedia, Twitter, Instant Messaging, Email, Web 2.0, Media, Facebook, Myspace, Tweets, Text Messaging, Media News
Rob Kall

Crossposted from OpEdNews.com Every change in communications medium causes big changes in culture, since cuneiform, then writing were introduced. Em...

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The Alarming Decline Of Expressive Language, In Life and On Film

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: George C. Scott, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, William Holden, Instant Messaging, Sterling Hayden, All About Eve, Faye Dunaway, Ernest Lehman, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sellers, Best Movies by Farr, Burt Lancaster, Walter Huston, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Jenkins, George Sanders, Janus Films, Stanley Kubrick, Clifford Odets, Technology, A.O. Scott, Sidney Lumet, Humphrey Bogart, Criterion Collection, Preston Sturges, The Academy Awards, Writing, Al Pacino, Billy Wilder, Best Movies on DVD, Double Indemnity, Tony Curtis, John Ford, Screenwriting, John Huston, Anne Baxter, Essential Art Films, Marcel Carne, Peter Finch, Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Walter Winchell, Bette Davis, Entertainment News
John Farr

Even as today's high school and college students are pushed harder in school, they cannot write an essay or use descriptive language nearly as fluently as their parents and grandparents could.

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The End Of The Email Era

Wall Street Journal | JESSICA E. VASCELLARO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Blackberry, Sms, Twitter, Instant Messaging, Social Networking, Microsoft, Email, Facebook, Text Messaging, Google Wave, Yahoo, Aol, Im, Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, Technology News

Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over. In its place, a new generation of services is starting to take hold--ser...

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I Hate the Phone

Anna Jane Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Telephones, Cell Phones, Telephone, Instant Messaging, Landlines, Obsolete Technology, Skype, Answering-Machine-Obsolete, Technology News
Anna Jane Grossman

Of course, I've used the phone many times in my life. There were times I even liked it.

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ABCs of the Birds and the Bees

Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Adolescents, Email, Teen Pregnancy, Cell Phones, Internet Safety, Texting, Instant Messaging, Teenage Girls, Technology, Parents, Healthy Living News
Amy Nebens and Jara Negrin

Her son was essentially friendless for the first few months of middle school because he wasn't texting and was therefore, out of the mix.

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Move Over Skype: Gmail Launches Video and Audio Chatting

Eric Kuhn | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Google, Skype, Gmail, Technology, Instant Messaging, Audio Chat, Email, Video Chat, Gmail Audio Chat, Gmail Video Chat, Business News
Eric Kuhn

Google will be competing with Skype, the popular application which allows people to make free video and audio calls. But already, people are moving towards Gmail.

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New Technologies Fuel Office Gossip

USA Today | Stephanie Armour | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Office Gossip, Email Etiquette, Instant Messaging, Business News

Office gossip, though rarely talked about or researched, has taken on new dimensions in this high-tech age, becoming a dynamic force that can build ca...

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