" Step away from your phone: the new rules of conversation" Summary

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/nov/28/step-away-from-your-phone-the-new-rules-of-conversation

This article is about young people and how they communicate. They supposedly use “phubbing” which is the idea that you can maintain eye contact with someone you are speaking to whilst texting another person. 

There is the idea that we communicate more than ever yet we seem to be talking less and less. Communication via technology is often less awkward and stressful as you cannot see one's expression or how someone is feeling so it can be more comfortable. Research evidence contradicts the idea that Facebook, Instagram and Twitter get used as substitutes for “real” conversation.

It is increasingly tempting to use digital connections to avoid situations we don't want to face in real life. Being more connected seems to relate more to loneliness which is ironic.