My assignment is to look for pieces of visual or electronic communication I see during the week.  I at first thought this would be a difficult task until I simply began letting my eyes and mind wander.  As for week one, blog one, this is what came of my wandering. 

The type of communication that immediately caught my eye was texting.  Something most people use regualary.  I myself am an avid texter and probably send more texts than the average person.  What attracted me to texting was noticing just how many people do text.  I started gazing around in a lecture and noticed most students had their cell phones out for texting.  Not only did this appeal to me, but it also made me realize how much I wasn’t alone in texting during class.  I always would try to hide my cell, only to find out that it’s actually a very normal thing amoung the student body.  Students were texting without even looking down at their phones to make it appear as if they were listening, and for the most part this seemed to be working.  Texting is a large part of our generation, but until now, I had never seen it in such a light. 

Another type of communication that caught my attention was how many people were using their phones to actually talk.  I use my cell phone a lot to call people and have always been told by my friends how odd this was.  They typically prefer to text if at all possible.  As I gazed around campus I found several people using their cells to make and receive phone calls.  This appealed to me a lot because I generally hear people saying that phoning people is outdating and you should just “shoot them a text”.  I like the idea of making a phone call to someone and practicing communication with an actualy voice instead of sending a message.  Calling people is a large part of communication especially in the workforce so I feel it is a good thing to feel comfertable in being able to place/receive a call.

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