Personal Computer Mediated Communication

This document will serve as a guideline on the use of electronic communications and addresses major issues such as; email and cell phone usage, best practices, how we define appropriate use of email and cell phones in the workplace, the effective use of email as a business tool for internal and

Nowadays, the communications with others are different from the traditional ways and normal rules. People take advantage of new technology to communicate instead of face to face. Although the email and text message make people easy to communicate, the society

When communicating with people outside of your work, for example in my working environment, if I am speaking to an enrolling student, I take extra effort to ensure that I am being highly professional so that they make a good impression of our college. However, I would also try not to use any in depth terms or phrases that might confuse or possibly belittle. I would also need to ensure in any written communication to an individual regarding the business that the punctuation and grammar are perfect as if they are not it looks unprofessional coming from our business and errors besides may even cause misunderstandings which could lead to further confusion in certain

The using of technologies for communications will help closing the gaps between staffs and management and with the business stakeholders. By using of emails, video conferencing, webinar and social networks it helps to make the connections between staffs, whether they work in the same building, in different states or across the country. On the other hands, electronic messages and other ways of technologies based communications are always replaced for interactions that can be better suitable for personal interactions. This is can be worked as very effective when different opinions between a lot of staffs exists or when the exchanges of idea and message can be impacted by body languages and non-verbal information during

My MacBook was my essential medium used throughout the day. I used it to Skype my family in England because they were missing America and our oleaginous fast food. I then spent some time on Facebook and started synchronously messaging some of my other cousins that live in LA. What’s interesting was that I was surfing the web at the same time trying to find out who was going to win between Alvarez and Golovkin. Does that make the communication asynchronous? Relatively, but I didn’t respond later than a minute. I then snapped a story trying to get the attention from my fellow snappers on who would win between these pugilists. In regards to my conversations, I only had one phone call on WhatsApp from my girlfriend and it lasted a brief 5 min.

This generation has experienced significant advancement in the technological world. It is a platform of which communication has become more efficient, specifically through text messaging. As technology and efficiency have advanced, so have the language ideologies surrounding them. Adult speakers of the English language have formed the ideology that text messaging are ruining the language. Texting and instant messaging are not directly influencing literacy, in fact, they introduce a new kind of literacy. From Variation to Heteroglossia in the Study of Computer-Mediated Discourse by Jannis Androutsopoulos, Always On : Language in an Online and Mobile World by Naomi S. Baron, From Statistical Panic to Moral Panic: The Metadiscursive Construction and Popular Exaggeration of New Media Language in the Print Media by Crispin Thurlow, Undergraduates ' Text Messaging Language And Literacy Skills by Abbie Grace, The Effects Of Text Messaging And Instant Messaging On Literacy by Lieke Verheijen, and Beverly Plester, Nengah Kemp, and Clare Woods’, Text Messaging and Literacy – The Evidence all make clear that this is a prevalent language ideology used to control the discourse of the English language.

After reading the chapters as well as the article assigned, my personal opinion to this is that

Communication is involved in both virtual setting and face to face settings. You may not think so, but it is true. There is a lack of effective communication in a email that people may not realize. It really depends on who you are sending that email to. If you are talking to someone who is like a friend, boy friend or girlfriend, or relative, you may text them with emojois and exclamation marks. Now, if you were sending an email to a doctor, a lawyer, or for a job application, it would be completely different. You would sound more mature. Do you see the difference? Although, it is important to have effective communication in every single email, it does not matter who you are talking to. Here are some mistakes people make sending an email, and also solutions to make the email better and have effective communication.

In the textbook “Looking Out Looking In” authors Adler and Proctor state that “In today’s high-tech world, most people would agree that mediated communication is a valuable—even essential—tool for keeping in touch with coworkers, friends, families, and loved ones”(p. 34). I do accept this to a certain degree. However, children can be tremendously influenced by their cell phones, so we as adults need to be vigilant when dealing with youthful and impressionable minds. I never experienced the complications with my other children that I do with my youngest daughter Sophia.

When giving someone bad news you should always use face-to-face communication! Doing this shows respect to Jennifer along with ensuring there is no misunderstanding during the termination. Getting fired is not a pleasant experience therefore Jennifer might not want this information written down. When you have information to pass along to another, that is thought to be personal, it is best to keep it confidential by speaking in person with her. This could be considered a complex issue in that case you should avoid conflict and have this conversation in

While not universally age-related, as some people reach old age they begin to suffer cognitive deficits which may affect learning. When designing online communication tools such as a patient portal, certain factors need to be considered if older patients are going to be successful in their use. Studies tend to show that older patients make more mistakes than younger patients when using computers and computer accessories such as a mouse and keyboard. Browsing for, locating, and retrieving online information can be difficult due to decreased cognitive and perceptual abilities. These changes can strongly affect an older person’s ability to navigate the Internet (Xie, 2003).

In my life so far, the top three most influential technologies for communication have been e-mail, texting (including group texting), and social media (primarily Facebook). E-mail has shaped my life positively by being able to communicate professionally. Whether I need to communicate via e-mail with bosses, colleagues, or coworkers; e-mail has been an essential tool to be able to do so professionally, especially when face to face is not an option. A way that e-mail has had a negative impact on my life is if I neglect it. Even when you are on vacation, out with family, or sick in bed; the e-mails keep coming and the pile up can be overwhelming to get through. This is especially true when you are managing multiple e-mail accounts. Another negative impact is when e-mail is the only type of communication with someone. Through my experience, I have found that you can only say so much through written words, especially through email. The best communication with people goes through multiple mediums, of talking in person (or on the phone) as well as through e-mail.

Virtual Communication technically speaking is to communicate to another person through the transportation of messages. Virtual Communication with one or even a group of people is a result of distant locations between the two parties. So in this assignment I interviewed with six people, 3 face-to-face, and 3 through texting online. This way I would be able to see if virtual communication is more beneficial than face-to-face communication.

Email is prevalent form of technological communication, but instant messaging and texting is a growing form of communication in many workplaces. “The amount of people who use instant messaging at work went up from 31 percent in 2014 to 41 percent in 2017” (Herzlich, 2017). There is also a

There are many different ways in which people communicate such as, through the phone, through personal encounters, and by attending work place, school, seminars etc. Though media is not the only communication medium used