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They say that one of the great strengths of radio as a medium lies in how much it leaves to the imagination of the listener. Our minds are story-telling machines and, when we want to hear a story, leaving things to the power of those machines really works. But what if instead of making up a story, we want to understand someone or be understood? Online communication is a lot like radio, except in many cases it leaves even more to the imagination. That gets us all in trouble. Sonia Lyris explores all this in her charmingly quirky article entitled I'm Wearing Bright Yellow Undies: How We Make Stuff Up When Communicating Online.
Posted: 5/12/09; 3:37:39 PM # |
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