Digital Communication

The world we live in today is ever changing with the advancement of technology in our daily aspect of life. Technology has changed and improved the way we communicate and relate with each other, the way we shop, do businesses, the way we make plans for the future and has gone far by bringing the world closer than ever before.
This essay will focus mainly on certain areas such as, the differences between the traditional communication and the current communication style. It will slightly elaborate on the various forms of digital communication. I will also be discussing on how different cultures and societies practice digital communication and lastly on the negative and positive impact of digital communication. Communication is the backbone of interacting with other people. It is imperative to have effective communication because unclear messages lead to poor results. The definition of communication is the act or process of communicating; it is also the exchange of ideas, messages, or information, as by speech, signals, or writing. To communicate is to express one-self effectively. Effective communication is of one the toughest issues today. With the advancement of technology, it has opened many ways of communicating. We live in the communication world of cellular phone, faxes, video conferences, internet connection and many more. The combining of technology and communication brings immediacy, integration, access and collaboration In today’s society we have more formats of communication than we ever before, we can choose to communicate face-to-face or through various forms of mediated technology which can also be referred to as digital communication. However, before this new era of digital communication there were other means of communication known as the traditional communication. This form of communication can be said to be the old means of communication, as it involves various forms such as letter, telegram, fax, television, radio and newspapers and in most