IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter • ISSN 1539-3593 • Volume 53, Number 2 • March 2009

Social Media and Its Effect on Communication

by RICH MAGGIANI

Multidimensional interactions have altered the basic rules of communication.

Social media has drastically changed how we communicate. Not too long ago, we communicated through the mail, on a land-line telephone, and in person. Today, we

  • send text messages
  • leave voice messages
  • use instant messenger
  • send emails
  • talk through headphones, cell phones, and online video phones
  • interact through the Internet where a plethora of social media tools has redefined communication...Read more.
  • Writing

    Crafty Word Order Improves Writing

    I am usually very reticent about offering writing tips. Unless they are linked to the absolute, inescapable fundamental principles of good writing, such tips are too often poorly applied or misapplied.....Read more

  • Project Management

    Are You Shovel Ready?

    he U.S. government is getting ready to make unprecedented investments in energy, healthcare and education. Whether you see it as pork or progress is not the question. ...Read more

  • History

    "Famous Tech. Writer"

    In the early 1960s, technical writers and editors seem to have been very concerned about fame: they returned to the theme time and time again in their publications. ...Read more.

  • IPCC 2009

    Hawaii in July

    The conference is getting close! Start planning now! ... Read More.

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