http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-krug/if-we-cant-have-face-time-at-least-we-have-face-time_b_3916379.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&ir=Technology
Since the new millennium, the question asked everywhere: "is technology ruining our society?" According to Huffington Post writer and frequent blogger Jamie Krug, technology is doing quite the opposite. In the context of a world continuously stating the negatives of technology, no one focuses on the positives. Debates go on everyday about the cyber-crazed society, and Jamie Krug writes this to put her opinion in. She opens the post with a humorous line about her child publicly asking when Daddy is coming home. The humor and use of pathos opens the readers views of the topic up so they are not one-sided about the situation. Krug explains that because of her husband's job, the kids never get to see him before they go to bed. Instead of face time before bed, physically being with each other, the kids FaceTime their dad, the newly innovative tool to virtually have a live video chat. With this tool, the kids can always say goodnight to their father, even when he is miles away. It also brings the family together. Since their grandparents live far, it is a way to interact virtually face to face instead of just communicating over the phone. Her purpose is to support the opinion that technology has many positives for our world, and it is bringing people together, not separating them. I believe Krug did a good job of achieving her purpose. She uses many real life examples of how technology has impacted her life for the better. She touches on her special needs son who has trouble communicating but does a better job interacting when the conversation is face to face. This is a prime example of how technology has benefitted her life.
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