Advantages, Disadvantages and Threats of Email

In this post I will discuss the social impacts of ICT you about the advantages, disadvantages and threats of email.

Advantage

• Emails are always instantly sent and received. 
• Email allows people to communicate across the world.
• You can add document attachment and photos.
• Email is free for everyone to use and anyone any age can create a email account.
• Email is very simply used and any age can pick it up easily.

Disadvantage

• Spam this is a problem every single person has.
• People in the same company may never meet because they only communicate through email this removes the person side of exchanging information with other colleague’s.
•  Email can often be misunderstood.
• Not properly talking to people face to face so it's a different experience.
• Pressure to reply it's always just saying that you have one unread email.
• Spam this is a problem every single person has.

Threat

•  Viruses’ most common threat in emails.
•  Identify threat people stealing others peoples details.
•  No more personal touch to communication i.e. letters etc.