Pros And Cons Of Electronic Communication

We often see only the bad sides of electronic communication devices and never see the real pros. When beginning to decide on my list of dos and don’ts for this exercise, I soon realized I could only think of mainly don’ts and only one do. Seeing that my cell phone is always attached to my hip, I thought this was rather odd. I would be very interested in seeing what other people’s dos would be to pro these devices, as I only see them as a hassle. In this short exercise, I will be explaining my personal top 5 list of four don’ts and one do.
First, I will be starting off with my one and only do with electronic communication devices. Do text message and email with proper punctuation and complete sentences. For example, if an employer is text messaging …show more content…
This is number 1 on my don’t list because this has happened to me personally. My great grandmother had not been doing well and was in the hospital. One night after visiting her, I had gone over to a friend’s house to visit. My family was unaware that her progress had gone down greatly. That night, she passed. Rather than calling all of the immediate family first to let them know, my stepmother decided to post on Facebook about her death. I so happened to be on Facebook as soon as she posted it and this is how I found it. Not only was I devastated that this had happened, but I was even more upset that I found out through social media. I don’t believe there is ever an exception to this rule. There are much better ways of handling this …show more content…
I picked this don’t because I have several friends that I cannot have a conversation with without them texting. Then they’ll later ask me what I said because they were not paying any attention. After a while this gets very old. My roommate/best friend does this to me all of the time and it gets very frustrating. When I realize she starts texting someone or going through her phone, I stop telling my story because I know I’m wasting my breath. This would also be very disrespectful to do to an employer or future employer. If you don’t seem connected in the conversation, they might not want to hire you because you don’t pay attention to important things. As stated in my third don’t, the only expectation to this rule would be if it is an emergency or if you know you are waiting on an important call. If this is the matter then you should let whoever you are talking to know this. Assure them you are not ignoring what they have to say but you are waiting on someone to call