IT Work - When do you use e-mail?

Task -
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Evaluate your personal, social and work (school/college) uses of e-mail.

1) For what purposes do you use e-mail?

To send work from college to myself if I don't have a memory stick.
To send messages to my friends or family if I cannot see them face to face.
To send links or funny things to my friends.

2) How and where do you use e-mail?

You can use e-mail anywhere in the world but I usually use e-mail at home or at school.

3) What are the major benefits for you in using e-mail?

You can send e-mails wherever you are to anyone in the world.
You can send short messages that get your point across easily.
You are able to revieve the messages from nearly any internet access point in the world.
They are simple to write and you are able to write them quickly too.

4) What problems or disadvantages do you have in using e-mail

You cannot show your emotions just rhough words, you need body language too.
You cannot have a conversation with someone through e-mail because you cannot get your point across successfully.

5) When does e-mail make you more productive and when less productive?

More Productive - When you cannot see the person you want to communicate with face to face.
When you are unable to get away from what you are doing but you have access to a computer and really want to send something to someone who is elsewhere.
When you cannot physically meet the person for example, they are on holiday or you are away from home.
When you are sending information about something to a work colleage, this is easier than giving someone a sheet of paper with something that they need to copy into a document on the computer because all they will need to do is copy and paste from the message rather than type everything up again from the sheet of paper.

Less Productive - When it is easier and quicker to get up and talk to the person.
When you cannot communicate well what you mean through the message.
When you can wait to see the person because they are going to come to your house or you are going to them.

6) Does e-mail fulfil its intended purposes?

Yes it does fulfil its purposes but people try and send messages that are easier to talk to them face to face. People try and use it to replace their natural form of communication, talking and body language.