How technology affects communication positively and negatively?

How technology affects communication positively and negatively?

Communication is an essential part of life. The ability to communicate clearly and effectively is one of the skills that businesses look for in employees. The use of technology can be a great help to people in communicating, reducing the time it takes. But technology can have consequences of reducing person-to-person interaction without the device as an intermediary.

the positivity of how technology affects communication is like world is in our hand. in this era globalization everyone must has handphone to communicate and gets an information.

 

1. Email 

Electronic mail, or email, was one of the first changes in how companies use technology to communicate with individuals. The ability to release information to many different people at once, without calling a meeting or requiring printing of the materials, turned into a money- and time-saving device. The positives of email were the speed of delivery and the reduction of paper costs. Negatively, more people spend more time on email than on other projects. The sound of a new email being received and the tendency to check email frequently have led to distracted workers. A poorly written email can lead to confusion, rather than clarity, in the workplace.

     2. Text Messaging

Text messaging is one of the most popular ways to communicate. Rather than seeing or talking to a person face-to-face, you can talk to a person over the phone at your leisure. It can be an effective tool for locating a person in a crowd or talking to someone far away. Text messaging also has its own language, an abbreviated form of speech that has found its way into classrooms and businesses. People are more likely to pull out their phone and start texting while sitting at the table for dinner or while having a conversation in person. The actions of texting may seem rude under conventional social norms, leading to misunderstandings.

      3. Instant Messaging

Instant messaging has been around since the 1990s. It was primarily used by people to communicate while doing homework and just to keep in touch. It was texting before text messaging became affordable. Businesses realized the potential of real-time communication at the computer between employees and implemented it. Instant messaging, or IM, has allowed people to reach other people without having to use the phone. The ability to have questions answered immediately allows customer support staff to work faster without irritating the customer. The downside is that employees are less likely to engage in social activities away from their computers. Water cooler talk now takes place by IM, rather than face to face. Many people sit at home talking via IM rather than on the phone or in person.

       4. Social Media

Social media have been a revolution in how people plan events and communicate with one another. Rather than talking to their friends in person, they can post a comment about their life. The revolution of social media has allowed people to rekindle friendships, make new friends and gain new interests. Some people will use social media to connect new relationships in person, while other people will never meet anyone from the sites used. Cyber bullying is one of the problems with social media. The content posted, though personal, can be used to fire or deny people work and promotions. Social media can help you stay in touch with friends, but it can be dangerous to your career and life. The amount of information you put out on the Internet over social media, intended or not, affects you in the real world.

meanwhile, the negativity of how technology affects communication is it is usually makes human more lazy and lazy. they thought that everything as easily, because they can handle it by phone. moreover, in this era globalization most kids has a phone. Parents do not control their children to use it.