Online forms of communication provide rapid dissemination of information. The writer’s uncle passed away and the funeral was to be held in southern Queensland. The writer’s son advised him of the funeral date because his son’s second cousin in rural remote far north Queensland posted the information on her Facebook page. This indicates that social media sites and blogs are very much a part of the modern world.
My daughter, a twenty-two year old registered nurse spends many hours on her laptop computer and mobile phone, emailing, Facebooking, and blogging. It seems that keen enthusiasts can, do, and maybe even NEED to spend hours using these forums to communicate with their friends and colleagues. I am nowhere near the enthusiast that my daughter is with these forms of online communication; therefore, I concede that the value of my blog journal may be diminished a little. Oh, to have all the time in the world, like the young !
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