changing nature of comm

Question 1

effect of tech?

Answer 1

brought about changes in way pll communicate, particularly younger ppl

social networking has surpassed all other textual communicating such as letter, email and faxing

raises issue of effectiveness of this type of comm because no body language to observe and interpret which may add meaning to message being conveyed.

Question 2

texting and social networking?

Answer 2

• introduced another dimension to IC comm
• introduce idea of commonality in way of comm and lead to increase in cross cultural comm
• but potential remains of misunderstanding of words, codes and symbols according to varying cultural contexts.