online communication in the contemporary society

Online Communication in the Contemporary Society

What is online communication? 

Online communication is ways on how people communicate with each other over the Internet. Which includes e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on websites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites. (encyclopedia) 

Characteristics of online communication:

 Immediacy: This feature shortens the cycle of information dissemination, information or information dissemination and closer to the audience "Distance". 

 Interactive: Information no longer relies on a side issue, but formed in the process of communication between both sides.

 Individuality: People on the Internet is not a simple, free clusters, but rather has its corresponding characteristics.

Communities: Online community is very active, even on the network plays an important role in information dissemination channels, networks within the community and between communities on micro film of forwarding, collection, sharing, and played a vital effect on micro movies.

 Entertainment: The richness of the content on the network and the diversification of forms of information dissemination network combines entertainment.

Importance of online communication in today's society

 Based from the given features we can see that online communication plays a vital and critical part in bringing people, society, businesses, and the world closer together. The boundaries of time and distance have become irrelevant and insignificant because of online communication. It therefore is not a bad idea to briefly look into the importance of online communication.

It helps to bring together the world. The biggest importance is perhaps the fact that it brings together people of world and makes it well and truly a global village. There is nothing like time lag when information is shared across the internet using online communication.

It helps in almost every  field of industry and business. Whether it is arts and culture, sports, medicine, agriculture, industry, defense and even politics there are reasons to believe that online communication helps a lot in faster decision making, rapid dissemination of information and improved productivity across all levels.

As far as modern offices and commercial establishments are concerned, online communication is akin to the central nervous system because it helps in rapid flow of information which is so very vital to take the right decisions.

In the medical field, thousands of lives can be saved using online communication because  remote surgeries  using this form of communication is now becoming quite common.

For me, as a student online communication today is indeed very useful. In study, especially in research  it's easy for me to access and find any information I like to acquire. However, I can not assume a hundred percent reliability of the source because most of it comes from secondary sources. Still, amidst its disadvantages it makes are work easier. 

In conclusion, online communication is very important in our society today. Without it there is no unity especially in the case of the government and its people. It helps us to be aware on what is happening around the globe. Also, it assist us to  interact with other people for us to gain new knowledge and to participate in a certain issue that are community is facing.  

Source: eztalks.com2018. Online Communication in Today's World. Retrieved from: https://www.eztalks.com/telecommuting/the-importance-of-online-communication-in-today.html

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Millenials in ICT

Millennials in ICT 

 What is ICT? 

  ICT or Information and Communications Technology (or technologies), is the infrastructure and components that enable modern computing.  Although there is no single, universal definition of ICT, the term is generally accepted to mean all devices, networking components , applications and systems that combined allow people and organizations (ie, businesses, nonprofit agencies, governments and criminal enterprises) to interact in the digital world. (techtarget.com) 
   
Who are the millennials?

Millennial is an identity given to a broadly and vaguely defined group of  people. There are  twowings of "Millennial" that are often at odds with each other: Generation Y (people born between 1981-1991) and Generation Z (born between 1991-2001). People  of Generation Y often have characteristics similar to Generation X, which is why Generation Z  will  confuse Generation Y with Generation X and then claim to be the generation that represents "Millennial," when in fact, birth years for Millennial range from about 1981- 2001.  

Characteristics of millennials in using ICT

                Millennials  prefer to use technology to study at any time of the day or night. Millennials use technology to complete tasks in new and creative ways. Their need for alternative methods to complete tasks presents challenges when using traditional measurements to define productivity. They are group-oriented and social. They are not limited by the information available at their local library or by linear searches in encyclopedias on topics. Instead, they use the Internet to search for information worldwide and use hypertext links to divert from original searches and learn about new subjects. 

              The Millennial generation is the first to be surrounded by digital media. ICT has always been part of their lives, and because of this access, Millennials naturally gravitate to it. They expect it to support their learning and do what they need it to do. Indeed, Millennials can perform more functions with mobile phones, handheld devices and other wireless equipment than they can with traditional computers. In addition to using the calendaring functions of these devices to prioritize and schedule their lives, they "Today's digital kids think of ICT as something akin to oxygen;they expect it, it's what they breathe and how they live."-Learning in a Digital Age, John Seely Brown often prefer computer-mediated communication and has developed their own language, which consists of acronyms like" LOL "(" Laughing out loud "), " ATM "(" At the moment ") "BTW" ( "By the way") and other Internet slang. Today's technology allows Millennials to voice their opinions in ways that were not available in the past.  Millennials simply accept technology, adapt to it and use it. for example, when researching a topic, a Millennial simply "Googles" it. What Google is and how it works does not concern Millennials; they use the tool to find the information they need. 

              In conclusion, we millennial's merely rely on ICT and can not live without it. W e are use it to make us part of our daily routine and to depend on it. It helps us in many ways but there are these disadvantages of ICT that we can not avoid. So as a millennial we must be responsible in using ICT let us not look only on its entertainment purpose but also on the information we can acquire from it.  

Sources:   Certiport, IC³, "" Certiprep, "" Certiport Internet & Computing Benchmark ".2018.Characteristics of Millenials in using ICT. Retrieved from: https://www.certiport.com/Portal/Common/DocumentLibrary/IEAB_Whitepaper040808.pdf
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