8 forms of

communication
TELEGRAMS (OR TELEGRAPH
MESSAGES)
• Description
• Written message transmitted by using an electric device. The
message was carried along wires, and the text written or printed and
delivered by hand or teleprinter.
• Primary use
• Telegrams were most notably use throughout history to convey
urgent and critical information including news. Telegrams were
generally use to transmit important information.
• Advantage
• Reliability Can be read by all Jobs creation
• Disadvantage
• Slow speed Message length and access Poor quality
communication No secrecy Lack of personal touch
Hand written letter or messages
• Description
• A piece of writing that is handwritten is one that someone has
written using a pen or pencil rather than by typing it.
• Primary use
• Hand written letters serve as long distance communication
• Advantage
• Hand written letters serve as long distance communication
• Disadvantage
• Hand written letters serve as long distance
communication
Examples of Telegrams
Telegrams Hand written
Typewritten letters or messages
• Description
• It is often used around the year 1874 for personal messages and
business purposes when computers and printers where not yet invented.
• A typewritten letter or messages are the messages that have been typed
on a typewriter or word processor. Typewritten letter or messages uses a
typewriter.
• What is typewriter? The first commercial typewriters were introduced in
1874 A typewriter is a hand-operated mechanical device with which on
typing keys can produce printed characters on paper. It is a hand-
operated machine or electromechanical machine with keys for
producing alphabetical characters, numerals, and typographical symbols
one at a time on paper inserted around a roller.
• Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and pressing one causes a
different single character to be produced on the paper, by causing a
ribbon with dried ink to be struck against the paper by a type element
similar to the sorts used in movable type letterpress printing. Its font is
Courier New in Microsoft Word.
• Primary use
• For Business Purposes, Documentation, Personal Messages, and
Research Projects
• ADVANTAGE
• Can make letters or messages without using electricity,
Cheap Ink, Instant printout, Permanence, It does not
cause eyestrain even if you make it for several hours, and
Inexpensive
• Disadvantage
• Time Consuming, Difficulty Revising, Hard to make
copies of work, Uses tippex to remove the mistake, and
Typewriters are also often very noisy
E-mail messages
• Description
• What is E-mail? It is invented by Ray Tomlinson, email first entered
limited use in the 1960s and by the mid-1970s had taken the form
now recognized as email.
• Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages
("mail") between people using electronic devices. Email is a
computerized system for sending digital messages from one computer
to one or more other computers. Email operates across computer
networks, which today is primarily the Internet. Email is a form of
communication that is generally intended to be brief.
• An email message is a text, typically brief and informal, that is sent or
received over a computer network.
• E-mail messages are usually simple text messages, attachments (such
as image files and spreadsheets) can be included.
• An email messages can be sent to multiple recipients at the same time.
• Primary use
• Business Purposes
• Personal Message
• Job Application
• Advantage • Disadvantage
• It’s Free • Misunderstandings
• Instant in sending and receiving • Malicious Use leads to bully or
messages and attachments upset people
• Accessible from anywhere • Uses Electricity - Uses Internet
• Can communicate globally Connection
• Can easily store messages and • Needs Computer or
attachments Smartphone
• Easy to prioritize • Viruses
Text (or sms)
• Description
• Texting is the process of sending and receiving brief written messages
using a cellular (mobile) phone.
• Also called text messaging, mobile messaging, short mail, point-to-
point short-message service, and Short Message Service (SMS).
• Primary use
• Convenience Time saving Informal communication
• Advantages
• Texting is immediate
• Text messaging is personal and everywhere
• Helps you with internal communications
• It’s inexpensive
• Disadvantages
• Obsessive/Addictive Socially Disruptive
• Misunderstanding
• Erodes Language Skills
Facebook post
• Description
• A Facebook post or "status update" is a message in a special
delivery cyber-bottle.
• It is a comment, picture or other media that is posted on the
user's Facebook page or "wall."
• Unlike Tweets, Facebook posts aren't limited to 140 characters.
• They can be as long as a paragraph and illustrated with pictures
and videos.
• PRIMARY USE
• To communicate and spread information
• ADVANTAGES
• It keeps you updated It helps you in many aspect
DISADVANTAGES
• False information
• Addiction Fame
Tweets
• Description
• A tweet is simply a post on Twitter, which is a very popular social
network and microblogging service. Because Twitter only allows
messages of 280 characters or less, it's likely called a tweet because it
sort of resembles the same type of short and sweet chirp you might
hear from a bird.
• Primary use
• Business Promotion.
• Social Communication.
• Networking.
• Advantage
• It has massive audience potential , You can connect with many
famous people like the stars and celebrity by using Twitter , Most of
the famous people are now using Twitter to provide a message to their
followers and it is one of the best way to stay connected with the
famous people .
• Disadvantage
• addiction
• lost the time
Instagram Post
• Description
• Instagram is a free, online photo-sharing application and social
network platform that was acquired by Facebook in 2012.
• Instagram allows users to edit and upload photos and short
videos through a mobile app
• Primary use
• Sharing picture to social media
• Advantage
• It increases the artistic ability by taking pictures at different
scenerios.
• Communication will be improved.
• Disadvantage
• Spending lot of time on it.
• Some use to spy on others even if they do not know them
Thanks for listening… 