Which of the following is not affected by good organization of a ...

[yoooooman]

Which of the following is not affected by good organization of a message?
 
  A) The audience's understanding of the message
  B) The acceptance of the message
  C) The time the writer spends crafting the message
  D) The time the audience spends reading the message
  E) The technology used to produce the message

Question 2

Discuss the advantages and disadvantage of using a combination of a written medium and a digital channel of communication.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[atrochim]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: E
Explanation: E) Good organization helps the audience understand and accept the message. Good organization saves your audience time in understanding information and saves the writer time and creative energy in producing the message. The technology used is not affected by organization of the message. In longer documents and presentations, you may need to unify a mass of material with a main idea that encompasses all the individual points you want to make.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Advantages include the following:
 Allow writers to plan and control their messages
 Can reach geographically dispersed audiences
 Offer a permanent, verifiable record
 Minimize the distortion that can accompany oral messages
 Can be used to avoid immediate interactions
 Deemphasize any inappropriate emotional components
 Give recipients time to process messages before responding (compared to oral communication)
 Messages can be delivered quickly
 Can reach geographically dispersed audiences
 Flexibility of multiple formats and channels, from microblogs to wikis
 Flexibility to structure messages in creative ways, such as writing a headline on Twitter and linking to the full message on a blog
 Ability to link to related and more in-depth information
 Can increase accessibility and openness in an organization through broader sharing
 Enable audience interaction through social media features Ease of integrating with other media types, such as embedded videos or photos

Disadvantages include:
 Can be limited in terms of reach and capability (e.g., on Twitter you can reach only those people who follow you or search for you)
 Require Internet or mobile phone connectivity
 Vulnerable to security and privacy problems
 Are easy to overuse (sending too many messages to too many recipients)
 Create privacy risks and concerns (exposing confidential data; employer monitoring; accidental forwarding)
 Entail security risks (viruses, spyware; network breaches)
 Create productivity concerns (frequent interruptions; nonbusiness usage)