Technology Aided Communication

This is the age of information and technology. In every walk of human life, Technology brought significant changes. Both in the official spheres and personal spheres, we have started using e-mails, fax, voice-mail, cellular phones, telephone answering machines, teleconferencing, video conferencing, webinars, and cyber-conferencing for both synchronous and asynchronous modes of communication. Because of these technological interventions, the whole world has now shrunken into a global village and we are able to connect anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Technology-aided communication is the quickest as it has conquered the barriers of time and place. Apart from this, it has enabled us to reduce expenditure on orientation programs in terms of the travel and accommodation expenses as people can undergo orientation and training Programs at their workplaces only. Hence they have replaced personal meetings in most of the cases. The data collected through such technological gadgets are easy to store and retrieve. With the availability of an international communication network, now transmission of information has become easier and hence beneficial for the business organizations to ensure the satisfaction of their customers. But it is also not without its weaknesses. In the developing countries, where ‘food, clothes and shelter’ are the main needs, technological advancement is the last priority. In many countries, communication and education through cyber network do not have legal validity. Most importantly, computer-mediated communication has the danger of breaking down when it is infected by VIRUS. Many governments and business organizations often lose precious data due to VIRUS infections.