How is the Internet affecting personal interaction between people in today’s society? A few years ago, our main form of communication was via airmail or telephone. Immeasurable were hours spent writing letters or talking on the phone year. Few people knew about the America Online system building as well as countless other communities and what their influence was going to make on the world. Now is a day of “e-mails” and instant messaging which …showed first 75 words of 304 total…

…showed last 75 words of 304 total…facial expressions, hand gestures, and body language. Just the sound of a voice changes with the emotional state of the person speaking. Can all this emotion be conveyed through the quick messages of what people now call, “I.M.s?” With this in mind, perhaps the generation of children growing up in this age of technology When reviewing why people use the internet, many questions remain on the initial drive to join these internet communities.