Face time still better than texting when establishing closeness

Even though there is a surge in texting and online messaging, face-to-face communication is still regarded as superior when it comes to social closeness. Face-to-face time expresses emotion and helps convey unspoken cues better than texting which is lacking thereof thus contributing to misinterpretation.

The findings are based on two different studies involving teens and young adults. The first study showed that teens who were away from their phones over the course of five days improved their recognition of nonverbal emotional cues, and the other study found that face-to-face time was more efficient in brightening people’s moods when they were stressed out.

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