People communicate everyday.

Over the past 48 hours, the main mode of communication for me has been oral communication. Since I am working in a group of four other students for a project, regular meetings are pivotal to our success. Videoconferencing permits people like myself to conduct real-time meetings with people at different locations. These meetings can be formal or informal, include two or more people, and take place in almost any venue. I've also used a telephone to talk to my group; I enjoy telephone conversations because they give prompt, immediate responses, unlike emails or text messaging. Written Communication has been another mode of communication I've used throughout this period. This includes e-mail, instant messaging, and social media. A disadvantage of using written communication is that it is time-consuming and lacks immediate feedback. For example, sending an urgent request to a colleague could take hours before a response is received. Finally, no discussion of communication would be complete without considering nonverbal communication, which includes body movements, the intonations or emphasis we give to words, facial expressions, and the physical distance between the sender and receiver. Essentially, every body movement has meaning, and no movement is accidental (though some are unconscious).