Advantages and Disadvantages of Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication

Running head: VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION
Virtual Communication
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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1VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION
To: Joseph Stallone, Marketing Director
From: Name of the Student, Senior Marketing Associate
Date: Present Date
Subject: Advantages and Disadvantages of Synchronous and Asynchronous Communication
Introduction
In this digital age, globalization has been successfully achieved with the help of
different communication technology. Many organizations have opened branch offices in
different countries. Every country is in a different time zone and thus people were in a dire
need of a universal system that could solve all communication issues without affecting the
schedule of any employee. Every organization generally uses two types of communication,
synchronous communication and asynchronous communication.
Argument 1
Synchronous Communication is the type of communication that is real-time in nature
between two people. This means that both sides can hear and say at the same time. There are
certain advantages to using certain advantages to using Synchronous Communication tools.
They are real-time collaboration tools, which can be used for immediate response and
feedback. Many solutions are available that are either low cost or free altogether. This type of
communication is primarily used for one to one communication through video or web
conferencing. Video conferencing is quite critical as it allows body language and tone of
voice to be transmitted to the receiver (Bowen, Clayton and Ford 2015). Effortless increase in
social presence along with providing motivation and engagement is achieved (Lowenthal and
Dennen 2017). Although there are so many advantages to using synchronous communication,
there are some disadvantages too. The interactions could be focussed on task-related