E-mails have been a dominant form of communication throughout business, academic settings, and information sharing since its invention in 1971 (Bellis 1). The idea behind an email was the ability to send short, important messages to a computer other than the computer in use at that moment (Bellis 1). Although seemingly simple at the time, the idea bloomed into something so large it is a driver in today’s society. Interestingly enough, the first E-mail ever sent according to the article “History of Email & Ray Tomlinson,” by Mary Bellis was actually sent to an adjacent computer containing the sequence of characters “QWERTYUIOP” (Bellis 1). E-mails are used in wide verity of situations, each requiring unique formatting and specified information. Every type of E-mail includes a greeting and a closing statement with some containing signatures and files. The specifics of these depend on the formality and familiarity of the recipient. With little change in the concept of an email itself, the way an email is composed has changed greatly with time and with social circumstance.
Formal communication that occurs nearly instantaneous while retaining a high level of respect has become a luxury that many take for granted every day. Before E-mails and internet the most formal communication between two people was from ink and paper. Writing a letter showed that the time was taken to show appreciation and respect to the recipient. Unfortunately, letters either had to be hand delivered or sent in the mail. Either option-required time before a response worth receiving became possible. Formal E-mail communication can occur between but not limited to student and professor, employee and employer, or two people of equivalent status who have not met in ...
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...ormal E-mails have a higher rate of evolution than formal E-mails due to the excess flexibility offered in that style. Advertisements are likely to continue to invade the inboxes of many although there are features that have been and continue to be developed along this front. E-mail will become what the people make it. There are no hard and fast rules governing E-mails and that gives an intriguing level of influence caused by the users. What will the structure hold generations from now? Only time will tell.
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This Generation lives in the world of comfort, a world that always provides faster, lighter, bigger and better things to make one’s life comfortable. With the great inventions in our hands more people have started to use electronic messages actively. As the manufacture, science, and techonology developement shoot up to the sky, the United States postal Service (USPS) watched people forgetting how to write “real” letter (Doc F). While the world transform with new generation and definition of “real” USPS gling onto the history and bases.
E-Communications are a vital part of most workplaces. Share your experience using e-communications at work or in the academic setting. Have you ever had any mishaps or felt someone was engaging in unethical or unprofessional behavior? Explain, keeping in mind the specific guidelines on pages 77-78.
Wright et al. (2012) suggest that communication is a process that involves a sender, a receiver, a message and a channel. The sender and the receiver of the communication may be the professionals and the channels of communication may be through hand over’s, emails, phones calls, verbal discussion and other relevant communication channel
Technology has utterly slaughtered the love letter. Most people will not take the time to sit down and write a veritable letter, in fact most people do not even use their own words. The love letter was the only way to connect with love ones or potential lovers. When texting came along words like love would be abbreviated and mo...
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According to Kevin Cullen in source F, “ Email is fast and simple, but to me and old-fashioned, hand written letter has value in this speed-obsessed world.” With the changes occurring, it has become easy to forget what it was like to sit and take the time to write a “real” letter. It significance has been lost in a wave of new innovations. Therefore, in order to remind Americans what it was once like to receive and deliver a “real” letter, they must be reminded of what once was so intriguing. By upgrading the companies image to modern day expectations, people will be well aware of its
“Ray Tomlinson is credited with inventing email in 1972. Like many of the Internet inventors, Tomlinson worked for Bolt Beranek and Newman as an ARPANET contractor. He picked the @ symbol from the computer keyboard to denote sending messages from one computer to another. So then, for anyone using Internet standards, it was simply a matter of nominating name-of-the-user@name-of-the-computer. Internet pioneer Jon Postel, who we will hear more of later, was one of the first users of the new system, and is credited with describing it as a "nice hack". It certainly was, and it has lasted to this day.” (http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html)
Electronic Mail, a means of communication that is growing at a very rapid rate. In this paper, I will write about introduction of e-mail, the advantage and disadvantage of e-mail, mailing lists, sending an e-mail message, sending attachments, e-mail improvement, and security features. Introduction of Electronic Mail Electronic mail (E-mail) has become popular and easy way of communication in this decade. E-mail is a method of sending and receiving document or message from one person to another. E-mail is not only replacement for postal mail and telephones, and also it is a new medium. E-mail send plain text, images, audio, spreadsheets, computer programs can attach to an e-mail message. Using the e-mail, you must have a computer on a network. The computer must require a modem and phone line. Sending and receiving e-mail needs an e-mail program. Every e-mail user requires an e-mail address. This e-mail address is similar to a postal address. E-mail address is written as username@domain, for instance, PCLEE@juno.com. The username is used for sending and receiving e-mail.
Writing is one of the oldest forms of communication. It started back as cave drawings and has evolved into so many different forms. As technology changes, our communication strategies are changing as well. Business Communications has always been affected by the changes in our environment, but the digital age has increased the efficiency, speed, and simplicity of the way we communicate.
Since the development of the Internet in late 1980s, communication has changed enormously. The Internet has altered the lives of people in the world in a way that was never imagined before. As little as a decade ago, if someone tried to explain the Internet and World Wide Web, it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to understand. Computers were just beginning to become popular and few individuals realized the capacity of one PC, let alone the power of a network of electronic technology. By linking together computers, users could remotely access others on the network, share information, and send electronic mail as easily as pushing a button. Millions of people with shared interests, exchange information and build communities through Web sites, email and instant-messaging software.
Communication is important in life. Companies need to communicate with other companies and customers. The managers also need to communicate with the staff. The technology provides us with many means of communication, the most important of which is e-mail.
Communication is now instantaneous. Electronic communication has come a long way in the past century. It started with person to person communication via the telegraph, eventually evolving with devices like the telephone. Communication became quicker and the ability to mass communicate became available to a select few. In recent years, further development of the internet has made it possible for an individual or a business to mass communicate on its own.
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Ultimately, it is essential that individuals adhere to the pragmatic convention of the cooperation principle developed by Grice. As pragmatics is the study of understanding the meaning of words in relation to the context, flouting on an intentional and unintentional basis may lead to miscommunication or misunderstanding. Due to the nature of email communication, emails are vulnerable to pragmatic conventions such as the Gricean conversational maxims being flouted. Thus exposing emails to be a common denominator for misunderstandings, and a sound understanding of the pragmatic conventions may significantly cut down the number of incidents that occur.