Art of communication

In today’s world, where communication is so convenient, to communicate, we often use phone calls, sms, msn, blog, facebook or email. Basically we communicate without seeing each other face to face. It’s true that people at the receiving end might perceive the message conveyed wrongly since despite knowing the content of the conversation…the tone or facial expression is lost in translation. But if we look into it closely..they are not entirely lost. In a telephone conversation…we can actually notice the speaker’s expression..whether they are impatient, happy, excited, bored etc. In written messages…we can sense that when we look at the use of punctuation, eg !, ?!, :) , :(, CAPITAL LETTERS etc…whether the message is a short one, long one, the use of words…all these hinted on the tone on which the message were to be conveyed. Whether we like it or not…these sort of non-face-to-face communications are here to stay…it’s our way of life in fact and makes our life so much easier, time saving and let us manage our time better, at the same time help us connected with others. It’s up to us to try our best to ensure the message conveyed correctly..by paying extra attention when writing them..or when conveying them verbally. It’s after all an art that needs to be practised always..hopefully to perfection.