1985 Communication Changes

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Communication has changed greatly in since 1985. How people talk to each other has changed by instead of going out to talk to friends/family or sending letters to using a cell phone, texting, social media, tablets, game consoles and much more. It is quite sad on how people communicate to others, since many people use technology to talk to each other in the same room, but not only that they are changing on how talk to one another their speech is dropping to a very low standard with shortening in texts. Unfortunately, kids and teens are much more exposed radiation than adults would be because of what studies have shown. Unlike in 1985

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