E-mail has had a huge impact on professional and social communication but this impact has been negative as well as positive. Do the disadvantages of using e-mail outweigh the advantages?

It is certainly true that the use of electronic communication has greatly changed the way we communicate with each other at work

as well as

socially. But it is

also

true that not all the effects of

this

innovation have been positive,

although

there are certainly some advantages. A common criticism of

e-mail

in the workplace is that it causes extra work and stress.

This

is because employees receive more messages than they can answer every day and since

e-mail

writers expect a prompt response,

this

further

increases pressure on employees. Other objections to

e-mail

for both social and professional users include the way it encourages people to spend even longer at their computers and

also

the danger of incoming messages allowing viruses into your computer system. In spite of these negative effects,

however

,

e-mail

has brought important benefits as well. One

such

advantage of using

e-mail

is that it is a fast and easy way to communicate with family, friends and work colleagues wherever they are in the world. It not only allows people to stay in touch with each other, but it

also

allows them to send all kinds of information (

such

as pictures, photos, diagrams, videos, etc.) very quickly, cheaply and with a very good quality of reproduction.

This

is a huge advance on earlier communication systems, and the low cost of

e-mail

means it is very widely used.

To sum up

,

while

there are some obvious drawbacks to using

e-mail

,

this

fast and user-friendly technology has greatly improved our ability to communicate both professionally and socially.

Therefore

, I think

e-mail

has brought us many more benefits than disadvantages.