Article presentation for a communication class. Social work course.

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Article presentation for a communication class
The article
“Want to improve your relationships? Take your phone off the table” emphasizes on the need to communicate with friends, families, or romantic partners more through face to face than texting. While going out for dinner with friends or family members, the article recommends that phones should be left at home. The following are the major points from the article:
* Communicating through texts or social media platforms does not necessarily mean an individual has good communication skills. This is because electronic devices have features that make the communication look perfect even in cases where the individual is poor at communicating.
* In friendship and families, word-of-mouth exchanges and in-depth conversations are more influential than communication undertaken through electronic devices.
* Use of phones to communicate among romantic partners is a convenient way of communicating but lessens the quality of connection between them. The persistence of romantic partners to create meaningful connections through social media platforms has increased the number of break-ups based on communication problems.
* To reduce the number of divorces based on communication problems, romantic partners should find a way of balancing communication through phones and face-to-face communication in an admirable way.
Connection between the article and class material
Both the article and class work identify communication as the key to a successful relationship. The article insists that although smart-phones are essential in communication, they do not have the same impact as face-to-face communication especially in roma...