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Out of all methods of communcation
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It depends on the nature of the conversation. Something long winded I prefer email. Short and simple calls for text.
Context is everything. But generally phone call. But at work it’s mostly emails or messages on teams. 100’s a day. Drive me up the wall!
Email if at all possible. Sometimes it isn't.
It allows me to write, save as draft, pause, reread what I wrote, then send.
Or not.
It allows me to write, save as draft, pause, reread what I wrote, then send.
Or not.
This!Email if at all possible. Sometimes it isn't.
It allows me to write, save as draft, pause, reread what I wrote, then send.
Or not.
And, if I am mad, I MUST create the email and let it sit in the Draft folder for a moment...
Messenger. I use a messenger.
Lovely use of such a source.
To the OP: Context determines the means of communication.
I'd go one step further and say that when we communicate we should also keep in mind what McLuhan said, that is "the medium is the message" because how we want to convey what we want to convey is a fundamental part of the communication process.
Listening to a recording of someone yelling, crying "No" to an accusation of crime during a trial conveys a very different message of the dry transcript of the very same letters that are uttered by the accused:
LAWYER: Did you commit this crime?
ACCUSED: No.
Ah, that does bring back memories: My mother used to cite that exact quote - 'the medium is the message' - to me when I was a teenager at school, when she was studying for a degree in social sciences at night (while holding down a day job, and rearing us - with, it must be said the full and enthusiastic support of my father).