One major channel of communication today is Facebook. Facebook is a social network in which people from all over the world can communicate with one another. Similar to email, AIM, or Skype, Facebook allows people to stay connected and in tuned with one another. According to the Communication Improvement Free Resource Center (www.work911.com/communication/channels.htm), there are many different types of channels. Various examples of channels include writing a letter, sending an email, or communicating non-verbally or para-verbally. All of these examples are common in today's society, just like Facebook is too (www.facebook.com).
Facebook continues to come up with various ways to transfer communication from one person to another. There is the typical "wall post," which allows one sender to display a message to many receivers. In this facebook channel, there is no guarantee of how many receivers there will be. In contrast to sending a "wall post," if a sender sends a "message," he or she can specify the intended receivers.
Even though Facebook provides personal messages between two or more people and messages that are open to the public, it can unfortunately be affected by interference. Because one must have internet access in order to log onto Facebook, interference is common. When I was home over fall break, thanksgiving break, and winter break, my home internet went out. Without wireless in my house, I was unable to log onto Facebook. This interference allowed many messages between my friends at school and home to not be communicated.
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