Question

Essay on modes of communication have changed drastically over the years.describe some of the important changes.also state which one you like the best and why.brainallit

Answer 1

.New technology and social media sites are constantly changing, evolving and developing, which means the face of personal communication is also changing. These changes often mean people are having less and less face-to-face interaction.

Email, texting, Facebook and Twitter are just a few examples of mediums that have diminished verbal communication. Verbal communication has decreased dramatically from just 20 years ago, when most of the technology used today did not even exist.

Email was one of the first forms of communication technology to come about that is still used today, starting during the ’70s but not becoming popular until the ’90s.

Email is currently the most popular form of online communication, even after discounting the large volume of spam messages sent. According to readwrite.com, about 188 billion emails are sent out per day. In addition, there are three times as many email accounts as Twitter and Facebook accounts combined.

“[I use email] usually for more professional things, like coordinating things with the service program that I help direct,” said Michael Carter, a senior from Orange County, California. “Anything related to … school or business or things a lot of times will be email.”

Contrary to popular belief, email usage has increased over the years. Email volume rose 5.4 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to powerprodirect.com. In addition, 79 percent of people use their smart phones to check their email, a much higher percentage than the 43 percent who use them to make phone calls, according to nichevertising.com.

Texting has also increased dramatically since it first came about in the ’90s and is now used for communicate more than calling someone is. More than 70 percent of people use their smart phones to text, according to connectmogul.com.

“I think it depends on importance and urgency,” Carter said. “If it wasn’t that important and if it wasn’t very urgent, I’d probably text. And then if it was more urgent and more important, I would probably call them.”

About 4.1 billion text messages are sent per day in the U.S., according to Answers Corporation.

“It’s convenient,” Carter said. “People usually just carry their phone with them, and you don’t have to log into a web browser or anything to get on email or social media. You just pull it out of your pocket and do it.”

Sending messages through social media sites, such as Facebook, is also taking the place of verbal communication. More than four billion messages are sent daily over Facebook, according to techcrunch.com. Although this is far behind the rate of emails being sent, it is almost equal to the number of texts sent per day in the U.S., making up a large portion of the way people communicate.

“With new media it’s just easier in our society to go the easy route,” said Kelsey Gentry, a junior from North Carolina. “[It] takes less time out of your individual schedule.”