# Face time

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{{about|the social interaction|the software|FaceTime|other uses|FaceTime (disambiguation)}}

'''Face time''' is an English [idiom](/source/idiom) for direct personal interaction or contact between two or more people at the same time and [physical location](/source/location_(geography)). Face time therefore occurs in "[real life](/source/real_life)" and contrasts primarily with interaction or contact which occurs over distance (e.g., via [telephone](/source/telephone)) and/or electronically (e.g., via [email](/source/email), [instant messaging](/source/instant_messaging), [e-commerce](/source/e-commerce), [social media](/source/social_media), or [computer simulation](/source/computer_simulation)s).

The term was originally a [colloquialism](/source/colloquialism). However, it has entered the [vernacular](/source/vernacular) with the increasing number of people throughout the world who commonly and extensively rely on [telecommunications](/source/telecommunications) and the [Internet](/source/Internet) for personal and business communication.

==See also==
{{Wiktionary|face time }}
* [Digitality](/source/Digitality)
* [Principle of locality](/source/Principle_of_locality)
* [Social alienation](/source/Social_alienation)
* [Synchronicity](/source/Synchronicity)

==Further reading==
* [http://www.freep.com/legacy/jobspage/toolkit/face.htm Newsroom politics: Getting face time]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060420173404/http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=%2F2006%2Ffebruary%2F22%2Felearning%2F Has eLearning Revolutionized Education?]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060322044807/http://www2.darwinmag.com/read/feature/feb05_face.cfm The Importance of Face Time] – an article
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060311203208/http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=11310 Favouring Face Time] – an article
* [http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/face+time Merriam-Websters Dictionary]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051208161127/http://bartleby.com/61/46/F0004650.html Bartleby Dictionary]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060702071202/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/062306-internet-friends.html article on shrinking face time]

Category:Information Age
Category:1990s neologisms

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