Emerging trends in Communication
Keywords:
social media, global villageAbstract
It seems pretty obvious that the use of technology in communication has changed the way we communicate. Now our personal network is no more local. Decades ago, we primarily spoke with our neighbors, nearby friends and family members. Now with the advent of technology in the field of communication, the world has converted to McLuhan’s ‘Global Village’. Emoticons have provided us a substitution of facial expressions. We can express a smile or frown by combination of various characters from keyboards without actually having to write it. Due to all these reasons communication through Social Media is often referred as lazy form of communication. To explore these facts a study is conducted on 100 students of C.C.S. University, Meerut.
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