Erin Leyson said...
There are many pros and cons to communicating on the internet. Some types of online communication include instant messenging, email, chat rooms,and blogs. Some pros to communicating through email are that it is faster, easier, cheaper, and it enables people to communicate with people around the world or country. A negative part to email communication is that it can't be completed if the internet is down,and some people don't always check their email which makes communication harder. Other online communication benefits are found through instant messenging and chat rooms. In these forms of communication people can have live conversations with others over the web in one on one conversations or group conversations. Pros to this type of communication include that it is cheaper, it leaves the phone free, and one can talk to multiple people at once. Cons to this system of communication are that it can leave people vulnerable to online predators in chat rooms and on instant messenging programs. This is because with screen names people don't know who they're talking to and predators can get personal information from people which can negatively effect them.A last form of online communication includes blogging and blogs. With these online journals or diaries people can express themselves and interact with others and talk with people about the same issue. This is a beneficial type of communication because it allows communication with many people in different places over the same topic which interests the people. The cons of blogging are that they are public diaries so personal information can't be placed on them, and some are only open to a small group of people which does not allow many to participate. Communicating on line is a great advancement which allows communication among people in faster, cheaper, easier, and more advanced ways.