Electronic communication is one of the most important forms of communication in the professional world. Electronic communication can be broken down into a few major sections including email, web pages, and instant messaging. The two that were looked at in the Technical and Scientific Communication class were email and web pages.

Email

Email is form of communication that is used everyday in industry. Email range from very informal with a few short words to very formal reports. In this course most of the emails sent were informal in nature. In this class I learned that even though email tends not to be as formal as other types of communication you still need to treat them with the same detail as other types of communication. You need to analyze your audience and use rhetorical strategies.

Another important for of electronic communication is through web pages such as this one. Web pages are one of the least expensive ways of publishing information for a large audience and provide the ability for users to interact with information they are being presented with. In this course I learned that some changes need to be made from the formal design guidelines in order to have an effective web page.