I use my mobile phone much more than I use my landline (to be honest I only have it to get internet) but overall the number of calls that I make has reduced significantly. Despite this I find myself communicating with family and friends much more nowadays however the shape and format of our communication has evolved.
Text messaging, WhatsApp, Instagram, Skype, Facebook, Twitter and Vine each provide me with a different way of sharing thoughts and moments and allow me to communicate in a way that makes the most sense at the time. However, I don’t always find it easy to convey reaction and emotion without voice or face-to-face interaction and that’s why I’ve become partial to using emoticons to add that little bit more when I feel it’s needed. If I put a smiley face in a message it’s because you made me smile.
Lisa Drake 