Instant Messaging:
Instant Messaging is another example of communication. It allows you to send real-time messages to another Internet user. Types of Instant Messaging include: Facebook chat, Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. Instant Message provides an instant communication capability between users.
Non-internet alternatives:
Target Audience:
Mostly young people use Instant Messaging, to communicate with their friends.
Benefits:
Non-internet alternatives:
- Phone calls.
- Letters.
- Sticky notes.
Target Audience:
Mostly young people use Instant Messaging, to communicate with their friends.
Benefits:
- Like emails, they are delivered really fast.
- People can speak to multiple people in a conference, to share their ideas.
- Staff can also talk to customers online, to talk about products.
- Again, you need Internet for these messages to be sent.
- If you are not using the face to face chat, it could be anyone on the other side, and this could be dangerous.
- Another disadvantage includes people misusing the chat.