634602 Wk8 Communication in the Computer Age
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Communication
Week 8: Communication in the Computer Age
MIT 634602
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E-commerce and E-Business
RevolutionE commerce describes the process of buying,
selling, transferring, or exchanging products,services, and/or information via computernetworks, including the Internet.
E business refers to a broader definition of e-commerce, not just the buying and selling ofgoods and services, but also servicing customers,
collaborating with business partners, conductinge-learning, and processing electronic transactions.
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The E-Business Revolution
Profoundly different from traditional
business:
• 24-7-52 access
• Global reach • Internet users constantly increasing
• Deal directly with customers
• Significant savings in costs of doing business
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Internet
• origins
• URLs
• keywords
• hyperlinks
• Search engines
•
Web page design – homepage
– feedback
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• Sender’s email address
• Subject line
• Message date
• spam
• Bulk mail
•
forward
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Advantages of email as a medium
• faster than traditional mail or courier
• send to multiple recipients simultaneously
•
saves paper• saves an exact copy of the message
• can carry other digital media as attachments
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Disadvantages of email as a medium
• cannot fully control who sees the message
• possible time lag if recipient doesn’t constantly
check email
• not available unless recipient has computer
access
• spam makes genuine messages hard to find
•
hard to differentiate formal messages from casualmessages because they use the same format
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Electronic media
• Discussion forums, blogs – Communities of interest
– Advertise
– Share information
• Text messaging, mobile phone
– Short message
– Commonly used today – Intrusion into private time
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Electronic media ctd.
• Discussion forums, blogs – Communities of interest
– Advertise
– Collaborate on projects – Share information
• Text messaging
– Short message – Commonly used today
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Electronic media ctd
• Electronic conferencing
– Participation - votes
–Engagement
– request feedback
– follow up
– Look at camera
– Pretend others are in same room
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Social Networking
– Short message
–
Attachments–
sound, pics, video– Group discussion forum
• Skype
– Replaces phone
– Instant face-to-face
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Writing for new media
• Effective writing
easily understandable, suitable for
bulk of readers, accurate, sufficient detail
• Software support email, contact management and
automated calendars, customer management, word
processing
•Systematic
recorded evidence, planned message,
choice of appropriate medium for message
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3x3 Writing Process
• Phase 1 Prewrite–
purpose
– content
–each idea notion, topic or theme) in point form
– order ideas in view of purpose
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3x3 Writing Process
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Phase 2 Write– words, sentences, paragraphs written for comprehension
rather than expressing yourself
– one subject per sentence
– one topic per paragraph
–plain English writing style
– positive and courteous
– logical order of ideas
– headings and emphasis to aid readability
–
short paragraphs/ point form to help reader
– avoid words that stir emotions
– avoid emoticons smiley face)
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3x3 Writing Process
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Phase 3 EditCheck:
– one subject per sentence
– one topic per paragraph
– courteous and professional tone
– hostile or rude comments removed
– spell and grammar check
– objective, factual content only
–would you be ashamed to see the communication on the
front page of The Age newspaper in the morning?
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Common errors
–hasty response – not fully considered–overly familiar tone
–obscure, unfamiliar words or jargon
– closing that omits the required action orresult expected
–expecting that the receiver checks theiremail as regularly as the sender
–
forgetting to give the name of the sender
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Responding to electronicmessages
· What is the writers business relationshipwith me?
· Why are they writing to me?
· What do they want?· How can I best help?
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references
• Dwyer, J. Communication in Business:strategies and Skills Chapter 21