Emailing

Advantage

Email is immediate and is used to transport files. You can also send an email to more than one person at a time. You have a copy of the conversion if a problem occur‘s or you forget what you said. Also people can send email’s at anytime if they have unlimited access to the internet. People keep in touch with relative’s that are on the other side of the world, and also send pictures of family encounters that you may have missed.

Disadvantage  

Emails can be misread or misunderstood, also people could be computer literate therefore they may not be able to write or reply back to emails. In order to send an email you must have an email account and internet access. People may not get the email that you sent or they don’t look at their emails on a regular base’s. There is no personal relation between the two people such as eye contact, shaking of hands etc. Also you can only send a certain amount of information through an email.   You could receive junk mail that isn’t relevant to you. Also you don’t get the pleasure especially if it is family to hear their voice, laugher or closeness      

Threats    

Emailing is a way of people getting others personal details as the person is unaware and could create a false account for your bank and ask you to send them your account number this is called Phishing. People that don’t have an email accounts can’t send emails to their loved ones.  You could become distant form your family members aboard or possibly loose a business deal, because emailing does not provide the opportunity of body language which often seal’s a deal for a business.