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Subject:Re: Re[2]: E-mail: How does it affect our work? From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 21 Sep 1995 18:54:57 -0700
Worthington said:
> I do still have my questions about the long-term effects on our
> interpersonal skills.
Well, I've been using e-mail as a major form of communication for 15
years. Is that long-term enough for you? I haven't noticed any decline
in my social skills.
If you have bad social skills, e-mail may provide an opportunity to
improve them. (I'm thinking in particular of very shy people;
sometimes writing to people on the Net helps them become more
confident in a variety of social situations.)
If you already have good social skills, e-mail doesn't make them
atrophy. It's just One More Mode of Communication. I still use letters
and phone calls to keep in touch w/ friends, but I also use e-mail. I
use e-mail and phone calls to keep in touch with people at work.
