Evaluation of my communications

This is an evaluation of my personal, social and college related uses of the other communication services. I feel that communication I vital in today’s society, especially now that you can communicate with people all over the world and they do not need to be stood in front of you. I feel that communicating using IT is very important especially because it is cheap and is easy for you to be able to do so. I feel that communicating in this manner has meant that I communicate with people when I would often not and allows me to communicate with a wide rang of people using a variety of methods, using the best one which suits my needs. My favourite method of communication, other than face-to-face is email, this is because it is free and I am able to check emails regularly as I check my emails several times a day, and when I have my computer on I am automatically alerted if I receive one and I able to reply back immediately which is a major advantage.

When do I use email?

The following is an evaluation of my personal, social and school work use of email:

● The purposes I use email for include communication with both friends, family and teachers. I use email when I need to communicate and don’t need an instant response or need to talk to the person face to face.

● I use email in a number of places, however, I am unable to use it anywhere, this is because you require access to the internet, this can be set up on your mobile phone, which means you can access the benefits of email almost anywhere, however, I am yet to take advantage of this. I mainly use email at home and college, I occasionally use it when I go away on a computer at the place which I am staying.

● The major benefits in using email is that is free (proving you have a computer and access to the internet) and you are able to send file attachments which can be useful, especially when you wish to send a piece of work to somebody or just sending from school to home for you to complete.

● The problems and disadvantages I have in using email is that often my mailbox becomes full when uncompressed photographs are sent to me, and I often do not receive some. It can sometimes take a long time to download your emails if you have a lot and many emails are junk or spam.

● Email makes me more productive because I am able to communicate with people and allows me to undertake activities over the internet without leaving my home.

● Email fulfils its intended purposes because messages can be sent over an internt connection and you are able to attach files and send messages to multiple recipients and most importantly free, which is a novelty today.

Discussion Digital Communication versus Voice Conversation

Communicating with SMS in text language has a social downside compared with having a proper voice conversation because the meaning is not always clear, as there is no set language to use; people use their own abbreviations which are not always understood by all. If you are intending to have a long conversation with somebody, it can sometimes be quicker to phone them instead of firing messages backwards and forwards.

There are also some social downsides to firing off a quick email rather than having a short conversation because you are often unable to tell the mood of the person you are communicating with, this is because you are unable to see their body language, which can give some important clues.

Email Homework

Email as it is commonly known stands for electronic mail, and this is a means of sending messages, text, computer files etc between computers via the internet. To be able to take advantage of this facility you need to have access to a computer, an internet connection, and account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and email software such as Outlook. ISPs give their clients an email account, password and a mailbox where their mail is sent. In addition you can set up email accounts from non-ISPs such as Hotmail and Google.

Email has a number of features which can be used by its users, these include the ability to instantly reply to messages the facility to forward or redirect your messages, being able to send copies to as many people as you wish and the capability to retrieve and file your messages and add addresses to an address book. In addition you are notified if your message fails, you can see the time and date which the message was sent and by whom. Lastly, files, graphics or sound can be sent as attachments in compressed formats.

There are a number of benefits to using email as a method of communication such as fast delivery of your messages, the service is available 365 days, 24 hours per day and you can send and receive your messages from anywhere in the world (providing you have access to the internet). It is cheap when you have broadband and it could be said that sending messages this way are free. Today you can now use webmail and mobile devices to send and receive messages.

However, there are some disadvantages to using email. Firstly you can only send messages to people who have access to the internet. There is the threat of viruses being attached to messages and hoax messages can be sent falsely claiming to be a legitimate company and scam the user into providing them with personal information. Lastly there is no guarantee that the message will be read and spam messages are also sent in this medium.

When you send an email message to someone your email software sends the message through port 25 of your internet connection, and then it is sent to the recipient’s ISP’s SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server, it is here where the email finds its destination, it is then sent to the recipients POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3) server where the message waits for them to download the message. The following diagram shows how you send and receive emails:

Amazon

I have just recieved an E-Mail from Amazon, which was confirming my order with them.

Tesco E-Mail

This morning I recieved an e-mail (HTML) from Tesco Direct, with their lastest offers and products.