Communication Channels: Facts and Figures, Pros and Cons

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS: Facts and Figures, Pros and Cons The average person makes or receives 8 mobile phone calls per day. That is roughly 2.4 billion phone calls. Facebook Chat usage reached the mark of 1 billion per day. WordPress.com users produce about 500,000 new posts and 400,000 new comments on an About 450,000 edits per day are average day. produced by the English Wikipedia The number of emails sent per day is users. about 294 billion. Users of Twitter are now sending 200 million Tweets per day. ---- -- 88 Requires adapting your time schedule to the needs of the person + You can tell whether the person is telling the truth or not. Face-to-face meeting you meet with. - Participants have to be physically co-located + You get no confusion of tone that you might get in text or chat. communicate in person - Takes time and money on transportation and accommodation. 24111 ---- --- -- build a relationship establish trust ----------- - Requires focused attention A possibility to speak directly to a person even if you are not physically co located - When making a call, you are most probably going to interrupt a person. This may cause irritation. Phone call + A person with a mobile phone is almost always reachable. resolve an urgent issue communicate in real time buld a relationship - Sound quality can be bad, things can get misheard. + No need to make an appointment. ----- ---- t's fast and free. + Minimum interruption: you can attend - You can't always expect an Immediate reply. to emails when you have spare time. Email - A cluttered Inbox may result in + You can reach a lot of people in short information overload. time. share info witha group of contacts + You can share links and send contact a person when a meeting is impossible - You can have your computer infected with viruses through email. attachments. ---- -- ----- ---- ---- ---------- ----. - People can send viruses through files sent on instant messaging + t's free to use and quick to set up. Instant messaging + You can talk to many people at once, in servers - Online chat consumes lots of time. as messages are sent in real-time and responses are expected to be real-time. +t's easy to share links, photos and other media. communicate in real time briefly discuss things with a greup instantaneous . 88888 + You can appeal to a large audience - Your posts may be ignored if you without any risk of spam abuse. Blogging don't promote your blog + You can format your message in a way Running a blog is not suitable for personal communication you wish, add pictures, videos and other build trust and create an expert image media. share news or ideas with a large audience + You can take advantage of - You may get no reply if your topic is not noticed by the forum members. community wisdom + You are not limited to existing contacts in finding a solution. Discussion forum / Group - Some forums restrict members from sharing links, embedding media files, using a profile picture, etc. share your expertise You'll get notified if someone reacts to your post or comment. discuss things with nerds ask community for help + Content can be edited by several participants. + You can interlink content, use footnotes and references, embed media files, etc. - It takes time to build content and requires skills in Wiki formatting Wiki - Wiki is too slow for instant + Youl get notified if someone contributes to the content that you track collaborate on a project interaction. build content with a community SOURCES Produced by /lenwordoress.com/at M/maboutcom/od/resources/atacebook chat ttn htptats wikimeda.orgENPotPngDatabasetots. hom Hplemail.about.com/odlemaitriviatemails_per_day hàm hpbiog twer.com/2011.06/200-milion-bweets-ger-day hami htipww.deadzones.com/2011/05howmany-cell phone-calls EmailTray Your peonale www.emailtray.com s-are-made-day htm 31