For the communications timeline, my group had the honor of talking about Instagram, the first cable TV, the first TV, Twitter, the first camera phone, and the first email.
I had the task of doing some research on the first email. After doing some research, I found some amazing facts about how the first email was sent and who sent it. We have Ray Tomlinson to thank for initiating the incredible new era of communication that we now enjoy – he sent the first email in 1972. Tomlinson was working on as a personal side project to his commissioned work. An email was initially seen as a speedy way for ARPANET programmers and researchers to keep in touch – particularly targeted at those who can’t be relied on to answer their phones. Tomlinson decided to use the “@” symbol to separate the recipient’s name from their location – to indicate that the user was “at” some other host rather than being local. The format has stayed the same by using “user@host”.
Almost everyone has an email. At HPU, before you are even a student you are gifted with an email address with a High Point University domain. Essentially, email is a great form of communication with colleges and universities. Email has been so ingrained in our society that we send on average of 10+ emails a day. Furthermore, Google reports that there are over 1 billion active Gmail users a month. That is a TON of emails being sent.
The email has a ton of positive effects on efficiency and economics.
- Email is a free tool. Once you are online, there is no further expense that you need to spend on in order to send and receive messages.
- Email allows for easy referencing. Messages that have been sent and received can be stored, and searched through safely and easily
- Email is paperless, and therefore, beneficial for the planet. Not only can you reduce the costs of paper, but you are also actually reducing the damage paper usage does to the environment.
However, with every positive, there is a negative.
- Email lacks a personal touch. While some things are better off sent as written and typed messages, some things should be verbally relayed or written by hand in a note or letter.
- Email can cause misunderstandings. Because email does not include nonverbal communication, recipients may misinterpret the sender’s message.
- Emails should be kept short and brief. This is especially difficult if you are one to send messages that are too long.
After the conclusion of the group, the project is shedding light on the fact that communication is so intertwined.
Every form of communication is constantly evolving and helping the world in some way. There are many
forms of communication that we use every day that were not created 50 years ago. The most common pieces
of technology are computers, phones, email, and text messages. It is fair to say that there were predated forms
of those types of communication. In conclusion, I think it is excellent to understand how much communication
has evolved and it continues to evolve. We as the next generation, have the power to develop new forms of
communication that have the potential to change the world.
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