Dear Ilana Gershon,
After reading various
interviews of relationship breakups from your article "Fifty Ways to Leave
Your Lovers," it really occur to me that virtual breakups seem to be used
more often than to my knowledge. With the various technology mediums the
society now have, people have a lot more ways of contacting each other, whether
if it is business related or more of an intimate related topic. Knowing that we
now have alternative ways of reaching people other than the classic
face-to-face strategy, you really focused on the relationship aspect of the
virtual world. I utterly agree your stance on the wrong usage of technology
with relationship breakups.
The incident concerning
Olivier and his wife from the beginning of your book demonstrated a great
example as to how virtual breakups can really affect an individual as well as causing
confusion. By using emails, instant messaging and second-order information
technologies to alert people with intimate subjects such as breaking up and requesting
a divorce, it can leave the other party in the state of feeling surprised,
unexpected, and sometimes awkward. To deliver such an intimate message with a
casual tool instead of face-to-face can be seen as disrespectful, even insulting.
Even while applying the difference between people's media ideologies, it is inexcusable
to take such a matter so lightly. While some people can argue that transferring
feelings through texts is acceptable, I really do not see how people can
express their joy and happiness as well as sadness and grief over a few letters
on their phones.
All of your interviews
and examples really intrigued me. It gave an insight as well as a side of
perspective people might have on relationships with the use of technology. It
is very practical and can be helpful toward any real life situations.
Sincerely,
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