Essay On Modern Communication

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In the dawn of the 20th century, Information technology radically changed the way humanity could communicate and exchange information. Before everyone used smart phones and computers, people communicated with one another using traditional means such as letters, the telegraph and the telephone. Nowadays when it comes to communication we have a plethora of tools at our disposal which can help complete our tasks. These tools range from email to instant & text messaging and VoIP. While the modern and older means of communication are similar in some degree in their general task and form, both differ in regard to their ease of use, flexibility, and speed.

Similarity between modern and older methods of communication are relatively few and far between, however at their core the form of communication is similar. In the past relied heavily on letters to communicate over long distances. The speed of the delivery of such letters …show more content…

The most important distinction comes in the form of speed, this is most evident in relation to written forms of communication as traditionally written forms of communication such as a letter, may take days to weeks to arrive to its destination. You also run the risk of said mail getting lost, mis shipped or stolen, there is no guarantee it will arrive or on time. Even transatlantic telegraphs could transmit at 120 words per minute, but you needed someone versed in Morse cold to decipher it. In stark contrast an email can arrive almost instantaneously, to the correct recipient and can be read and replied to in. Email is especially useful in the work place, for example in the past a memo would have be typed in a type writer then slowly shared. This is not only time consuming but also disadvantages as it does not ensure that everyone gets the memo in time where in today a mailing list can solve it

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