Computer Based Communication

Computer technology ha dramatically changed the landscape of business communication by bringing about enormous advancements in technology. It has annihilated the barriers of time and space and they has turned our world into a small global village. For it is now possible to communicate instantaneously with people inhibiting the remotest places possible. For  example, let us compare sending a message through a letter with an E-mail message. In earlier times, the manager dictated a letter to his secretary. When the secretary brought it typed, he reviewed it,revised it and got it etyped. Probably modifications were made and the final draft was retyped. The envelope was typed to. The letter was dropped in the mail and was delivered at the destination several days later. The whole process was quite cumbersome and time-consuming. Now it is possible that two persons have the facility of two computer terminals connected on network. One of them types a message on his computer. He can edit it, alter it, or reword it as many times as he likes without wasting any time. The fax, voice mail E-mail(electronic mail), cellular phones, telephone answering machines, video conferencing, etc., are some of the computer-based media of communication.

Some advantages of Computer technology are-

1. Quickest Means of Communication

2. Space is No Longer a Barrier to Communication

3. Video Conferencing can Replace Personal Meetings

4. Better Means of Keeping Permanent Record of Valuable and Bulky Data

5.Freedom from Physical Presence

6. World-wide Web as a Publishing Platform

The limitations of this technology are-

1. Uncertain Legal Validity

2. Fear of  Undesirable Leakage

3. The Virus Malady