“The real power of interactive technologies is that they let us learn in ways that aren’t otherwise possible or practical”
-David Lassner
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) in its name is a rather foreign concept, but in reality, we have subconsciously been using CMC all our lives. CMC refers to any manner of conversation or communication that is done through an electronic medium. It can be generally divided into two forms, synchronous communication and asynchronous communication.
One notable thing about CMC is that like other application and program, CMC also had its advantages and disadvantages. Some of CMC’s advantages are its disregards time and place dependence. It also ensures superiority in reach. CMC facilitates the archive of information as well as breaks down the barriers of communication. While its disadvantages are CMC limits the richness of communication. There are issues of confidentiality and trust. Furthermore, there are also limitations in technology.
In our opinion, CMC cannot and should not replace face-to-face human interaction. CMC is an unavoidable part of our daily communication, and it also a tool that we use to simplify our lives. Care must be taken that we do not become overdependent on CMC in our daily communications. As responsible human beings, we must also make sure that we do not abuse the comfort CMC had given us.
Regarding the CMC assignment given by Dr. Rozina to us, well it hum part of John Legend’s ‘All of Me’ where he sang
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding,
I can't pin you down
Well, to be honest, it does make some of us lose our mind.
However, we do admit that during analyzing our CMC Mode which is the Email, we learned that virtual communication is really an unpredictable area. It can give u a moment of realization and suddenly lands you to a point where you start questioning everything. That is exactly what the assignment does to us. The more we analyze our Email communication with Fallacy as a framework, we realized that we tend to come out with many communication barriers that hinder us from getting to understand the genuine means of the communication. Which at one point, made us question and ponder, what would our daily routine conversation using CMC looked like?
We tend to neglect all those minute details that embedded in our daily conversational life. However, if we start to pay attention, we might end up astonished as I believe nobody can escape from making someone to entirely understand what they really intended to imply. This assignment is a ‘wake up call’ for us to contemplate that any time, not everything that we said is successfully conveyed.
0 comments:
Post a Comment