Even during face-to-face conversations with people I often find myself talking to someone who is pre-occupied on their Smartphone but trying to listen at the same time.
It would be rude to be speaking to someone face-to-face then answer a phone call, but I can be talking to someone, or even sitting listening to a professor in a class, and also quickly answer a text message at the same time.
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Instead of talking face-to-face, we communicate via emails, texts, Facebook status updates, and tweets.
Most people have a blank, expressionless look on their face when listening to someone else talking.
Frequently we spend less time talking face-to-face in this age of the text message and email.
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We're social creatures, but for much of evolution, instant communication involved talking face-to-face.
There are also slightly different circuits involved in speaking on the phone and talking to someone face-to-face.
Also, we have an internship program at TENTE Casters Inc. and you can tell the majority of students are very uncomfortable with communication and talking to someone face-to-face.
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I'm talking to the man face-to-face, and he says that he understands that a unified government, a pluralistic society, is important for success.
Users can improve existing connections and establish new ones by instantly sending messages and talking to or meeting face-to-face with peers and business prospects over Skype.
The south Sudan government says that the main obstacle preventing Mr Kony from talking to Mr Museveni is the charge that the rebel leader would still face in the international court.
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On the face of it there seems much to be said for the world's shakers and movers meeting and talking frequently.
In fact, it would look odd to someone talking to you if you sat there with a big, stupid grin on your face for no reason.
And so to the extent that she's now being portrayed as angry because she's talking about these struggles that American people face, I think that it's been interesting to see how it's been filtered through the national media.
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