Friday, September 19, 2008

Week 1 Face to Face vs.Online Communication

Okay well, not sure if im meant to go back this far and post this but we are meant to cross post everything so here goes....

Well I prefer to use both in different circumstances which is similar to my text vs. calling mobile phone use. Briefly, they both have useful advantages, face to face is quicker, you can say a lot more things in a conversation; quicker than typing, its also not confined to just speech but also includes body language and emotions.Online communication is confined to just written text which relies on the individual interpretation of the individual. This can lead to increased miscommunication. However, Online communication crosses geographic boundaries and is somewhat a different type of communication with its own separate social norms and customs, relying on language and I guess therefore fosters different relationships or different aspects of relationships (used solely to communicate or just in certain instances, etc).

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