02506nam a22003852u 45000010008000000030008000080050017000160070014000330080041000470200018000880370019001060400036001250820016001611000018001772450116001952600030003113000038003415000021003795201151004005330081015516500033016326500028016656500029016936500040017226500027017626500036017896500031018256500035018566500033018916530025019246550027019496550036019767000030020128560078020425592118BD-DhUL20160331160647.0he u||024||||080220s2006    xxu ||| b     ||| | eng d  a9780495002109  aED393127bERIC  aericdbengcericddMvIdBD-DhUL  a302.22bWEU1 aWest, Richard14aUnderstanding Interpersonal Communication : bmaking choices in changing times /c R. Swarts and Lynn H. Turner  aLondon :bThomson, c2006  axxvi, 387 p. : bill. ; c27 cm.   aIncludes Index.   aThis paper investigates a number of questions concerning the relative advantages of the U.S. Mail versus electronic mail. Specifically, the paper asks: (1) what is the impact that E-mail has on the ways in which people communicate interpersonally in a visual presentation; (2) will E-mail replace such traditional forms of communication as greeting cards or are the two mediums simply different visual presentations; and (3) how can educators help students to understand the elements of the verbal, nonverbal code as they are manifest in both E-mail and the U.S. Mail's visual presentation of images? This paper reaches the conclusion that the difference between the two mediums is mainly one of texture, that is, how the message feels to the sender or receiver or how it makes them feel. The paper argues that "further humanization" of E-mail can be developed when students have knowledge and experience with both the technology and the "new" language code that is being developed to allow for increased interpersonal communication. An extensive chart examines in detail some of the relative advantages and disadvantages of the two mediums. (TB)  aMicrofiche.b[Washington D.C.]:cERIC Clearinghouseemicrofiches : positive.07aComparative Analysis.2ericd17aElectronic Mail.2ericd07aHigher Education.2ericd17aInterpersonal Communication.2ericd17aLanguage Usage.2ericd17aLetters (Correspondence)2ericd07aStudent Adjustment.2ericd07aTechnology Integration.2ericd07aVerbal Communication.2ericd1 aMessage Transmission 7aOpinion Papers.2ericd 7aSpeeches/Meeting Papers.2ericd1 aTurner, Lynn H. eauthor.41uhttp://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED393127