As the communications growing stronger day-by-day and new mediums of communications coming up every second day, people are becoming more dependent on electronic form of communications for almost everything.



However, e-mails supposedly have become the most powerful and most relevant form of communications. Nevertheless, beware of e-mails since they can be deceptive. The terseness of e-mail and the deficiency of audiovisual indications can be dangerous to business and personal relationships until it is not supplemented by personal communications.



Following are the three reasons that e-mails cannot be effective:



1. E-mail lacks signs like facial expression and tone of voice. That makes it difficult for recipients to decipher meaning well.



2. The prospect of immediate communication generate an urgency that pressures e-mailers to think and write quickly, which can lead to negligence.



3. The inability to develop personal rapport over e-mail makes relationships brittle in the face of discord.



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