• Science and Society lecture features Greenlee's Bugeja
  
  

• "Interpersonal Divide in the Age of Information Technology" is the subject of the Institute of Science and Society's next lecture.
  
  Michael Bugeja, professor and director of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, will speak Thursday, Nov. 17, at noon in 302 Catt Hall.
  
  The talk is based on Bugeja's award-winning book of the same title. In the book, Bugeja says that modern technology has driven civilization away from real communities.
  
  He argues that electronic technologies such as e-mail and cell phones have created an "interpersonal divide" - a void that develops between people when they spend too much time in virtual rather than in real communities.
  
  "The book looks at all aspects of technology that have an impact on community," Bugeja says. "There is a growing inability of people to use face-to-face communication to solve problems. I believe the more we can value each other face-to-face, the better we can develop a sense of community."

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