Communication/3rd blog

Sorry that I got a little behinde, this is my 3rd blog now.





The most interesting thing to me in almost every class that I take is the communication area of study. So when we covered society, communication fell within it. A society consists of a large number of people who live in the same country and who deal with one another. Languages main goal is communication.



Communication has a few main components that build it up. It's a medium or a channel. There are many forms of communication. It can be written, in many forms like an essay, texting, e-mails, or just notes on paper. Auditory, which means of or relating to the process of hearing, is the second form. This is anything that is verbal or aloud. The third form is visual, anything you can see. this would include sign language, reading lips, and any of that. The purpose of communication is to have a message to get across to other people or an individual.

The most common way of communication is kind of new, for about 5 years or less. This would be social networking online. There are many websites for this such as: www.facebook.com , www.myspace.com , www.myyearbook.com , www.twitter.com and www.mocospace.com. These sites are highly populated with people from all over the world. Since texting has become so popular these websites have even made applications for all cell phones so that you can just click on it and go directly to your page and send messages and add people on the website. This can be unsafe if you don't be careful of who you talk to or if you don't block your profile and make it private.

Post 3/ Is communication less personal b/c of the net?

Is communication becoming less and less personal because of today's technology? I belive it is. Rather than calling to say " im leaving, be home in 10, love you" we text that message. When we need to confront/ask our boss about a company rule/policy do we stroll to his/her office to ask? 8/10 times we would email instead, unless it was urgent.

Technology has done wonders for the millenial generation, but is it crippeling their communication skills? will this generation have what it takes to get the job done effectively. Effective communication occurs only if the receiver understands the exact information or idea that the sender intended to transmit. This causes some concern when it comes to technology, such as emailing, in the business environment. Ofcourse there are guidelines to help employees prevent making serious fopas, but does it always work?

When communicating on the internet on vie text message people lose context. Context is the way the message is delivered - it is the non verbal elements such as the tone of voice, the look in the sender's eyes, body language, hand gestures, emotions. One must make very sure that the correct message is sent with a clear undrstanding of what is actually meant/addressed.