There are many forms of e-communication: Email, cell phones, text messaging, video conferencing, video phones,
e-cards, instant messaging, ...etc.

Communication is a big part of any culture. How we communicate speaks directly to who we are. There are many forms of communication; however, most communication is electronic nowadays.

Korea is one of the most hi-tech nations on earth; Koreans have helped pioneer many new forms of e-communication. How do you usually communicate? How do you communnicate electronically? Please reply to this post and discuss your favorite form of e-communication.

I'm first~ ^^..

I voted text messages.

But I like instant messages more .
Because instant message is free, even if I talk international friend or family... and, it doesn't have limited space. Also it dosen't need wait longer than text messages.

Instant message has one disadvantage.
We have to log-in the messanger at the same time to send intant message.

I send text messages most often, but I prefer instant message.

(I'm not sure my sentense. )
(I don't check homework yet. I just write.)

In Korea, celluar phone is eveywhere. no longer tool of busy businessman.there's no denying that cell phones have made life in Korea easier, but while they solved some problems,they created others.
Cell phones can be convenient and annoying at the same time, but the same cannot be said about e-mail. e-mail has been described as one of the greatest helpers to communication ever invented, and while it's not as fast or as easy as picking up the phone, it's a lot cheaper. the best thing about it is that there are no time limitations on using it. you send messages when it's convenient for you and the recipients read your emails when it's convenient for them.
One of advantage is that you can a certain attachment like excel file or ppt file thru it.
Anyhow our company introduced Lotus Notes as a e-mail sysem a couple of years ago and I send and receive over 100 messages a day on average.

I worte quick reply but it was gone.
I clicked "submit" button, but it was disappeared.

I use mobile phone, blog ,email and instant messages.

Im my office, I use instant message to talk with friends and husband. because it's fee and I keep quite in office.

When I share technical information and serch some information, I use blog. it's very useful to save time.

and for business call, I use mobile phone. most of customers call me to my mobile phone to contact to me easy. someone call me at night to my mobile phone. it's crazy.

I think that mobile phone interrupt my personal life because we can use it everywhere and anytime.

but if we're urgent, mobile phone is very useful tool.

Most of email is for business. i don't use personal email.
I use phone or instant message to contact to friends and families.

All of e-commnunication has both, advantage and disadvantage.

Nowadays there are so many methods to comunicate others wirelessly.

I usually use my cell phone to communicate others because I prefer to converse directly and immediately.

But I sometimes use instant message(nate on) and SMS.

I also have two blogs. As you know, people use and update their blog to share/get specific information generally. But I use my blog as my own diary and something like footprints. I have no interest about any other blogs(rarely I scan my friends blog ^^).

My opinion about blog is like below.
People get information from many blogs. But I think the information which they get from blogs is sometimes risky and not secure like 지식인.

Instant messaging

Instant messaging is one of e-commnication tool, using computer. nowdays, many people, especially young boys and girls, are using instant messaging. By logging on some sites, we can send and receive message easily and instantly.

Advantage
No service charge or even much cheaper !!
Instant messaging is cheaper or free to use. If we can have a computer and use it, we can communicate with anyone without any concern on cost.

World Wide Access !!
It does not matter where we are. If we have a compputer, we can log on and access to communicate with someone.

Disadvantage
we can communicate only in case that the counterpart only simultaneously log on.

There are so many ways in terms of E-communication, however, i think the instant messages gives us many advantages. By using it smartly, we can be friend to so many people.

< Reflctions on Regular mail >
Regular mail is frequently called " snail mail" because its speed feels like "the speed of snail " in this speed-oriented world. However, when we find our mail box full of bills and unwanted advertisements, we miss good old days when we could find pretty envelopes with friends'familiar handwritings and sometimes surprise letters in the mail box. Surely, Regular mail has a few but irreplaceable advantages. First It has deep sentimental value. I have kept one box filled with letters from my high school friends until now. At the time, I was rather melodramatic toward life like many other teeange girls and used exchanging letters with my friends as a means of expressing all kinds of my ideas about everything around me. Hundreds of letters reminds me of the days when I looked forward to getting a letter from my friends by checking the mail box everyday. Even now, These letters have served as a good memento
to recall my high school days. Secondly, regular mail can impress and win somebody's heart more than any other form of communication. I knew a female senior who had received one hundred letters from a man for three years and they finally got married. Love made by letters sounds more romantic than anything else. Third, writing a letter improves more sophisticated writing skills because regular mail tends to be longer and form-focused than e-mail. Fourth, from a practical viewpoint, regular mail can be more convenient for those who can't use e-communication. Since not everyone is mechanically inclined, regular mail should exist for those people. Despite these regular mail's good points, it has a crucial drawback. that is, a slow speed. The phrase "Slow speed" never seems to match this high speed technology world. We live in a highly connected world by power broadband, "Speed" is the most important aspect in our daily life. Why do we bother to get a piece of pretty paper, write by hand, put stamp on it and go to the mail box instead of some typing and clicking? It can be too much of a hassle. In addition, e-mail is way cheaper than regular mail. We don't have to wait for the reply for too long in e-mail. We can check if my friend received my e-letters instantly. Also, Instant mail allows us to communicate each other in a similar way we make phone calls. In conclusion, while e-mail can provide us with convenience our times required the most just like fast food, regular mail has the special emothional values and makes our heart warm just like home-made slow food. That's why we sometime miss slow and old things although we can't live without the benefit of high technology.

Instant Messaging is very useful these days, especially with young people.

Instant Messaging is free and very convenient. For example, when the meeting, we can more talk to many people than other E- communication.
and reply is fast.

However, Instant Messaging is uncomportable. because To run the program, we must be to download the program. and Personal information of the dangers of hacking. for example residents number, account number, etc. and will be spending a lot of time.

In our opinions, Instant Messaging is very useful, but we should be aware that personal information on hacking.

Many people use cellphone theseday.

Cellphone have a a lot's of skill : telephone call,send message,note etc...

Most of all people use send message also I offen use that.

because send message is simple and fast! Nowdays people very busy so

they need simple and fast.

I hope people activing slow and have margin than present.