Face To Face Communication Make More Empathetic People

In the article, “Does the Practise of Imagining Create more Empathetic People or Conversely does Prasticing None Face-to-Face Communication Make One Less Empathetic?”, about empathy Mariyon Slany states that not having face to face communication with one another can cause us to be less empathetic and reading can increase empathy. When we are using technology we are communicating with each other but aren’t seeing one another directly this stops us from seeing the others facial expression which makes it harder for us to figure out how they are feeling. When people aren’t interacting face to face they become less able to empathize with others which can cause them to socially isolate themselves and become insensitive which is why it is important …show more content…
Whenever I am really intrigued in a reading I feel like I can really relate to the characters when I’m really interested in the book I don’t just read the text I imagine myself being in it and put myself in the characters situations. Through my own personal experiences I can try to relate what I have been through and what the character is going through and it helps me feel what the character is feeling and decide what I would do if I was actually them. By reading and relating to characters in these novels it makes it easier to sympathize with others because I already have learned different ways to try and put myself in someone else’s situation. Not being able to communicate face to face with other people and sending texts or emails instead does have a negative effect on being able to empathize towards them. My friend who goes to a different school than I do recently just found out that her grandpa was sent to the hospital because he was having heart problems and they don’t know what is going to happen to him so she is really upset and nervous about it. She’s been texting me a lot about it and I’ve been trying to say everything I can to make her feel better and its effecting me but since I’m not with her and can’t physically see her I don’t think that its having as much of an impact on me as it would if she were here because seeing her face and how she is reacting towards it would help me better understand how she is feeling rather than her just sending me texts. I experienced the same type of thing two years ago and I remember how awful of a feeling it was not knowing what was going to happen so using my own experience I can empathize to her even though I can’t actually be with her. One of the main reasons I think that so many kids cyberbully one another is because they won’t actually see how it’s affecting the other person. If they were to bully each other