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JOY Drive

21 Jul 2024

Why do young people hate making phone calls?

Kids & Family, News & Politics, Popular Culture, Relationships, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture, Technology

Why do young people hate making phone calls?

Have you noticed that many young people are reluctant to make phone calls?

It seems that a large proportion of Gen z dread making a phone call… in fact the phone call has become a bit of a phobia.  Are we slowly losing the skill to be able talk on the telephone?

Guest: Narelle Hopkin, Academic Chair of Journalism at Murdoch University

Presenter: Warren Andrew

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