Everyday I wake up, put my contacts in and check my email, everyday. Then I continuously check my email countless times throughout the day. This daily routine holds true for many people today. Communications via email has become a major part of almost everyone’s lives. The average worker receives about 200 emails a day. A great deal more then when we first started using email years ago. I remember first getting the Internet and how exciting it was to hear “You’ve got Mail” when signing into AOL. Now getting emails is become an annoyance. Now I get irritated that I receive 40 emails.
Has this caused over communication? According to some the answer is yes. Email can have many negative effects on businesses and its employees. Mainly it decreases productivity and focus of workers, while constantly weakening relationships with other employees, customers, and superiors. Programs such as the Information Overload Research Group, IORG, are trying to help businesses solve there problems that email can create.
For myself, I use email so much it’s become more than a routine. A lot of times when I’m trying to type in a website I need to visit, I seem to always go to check my email first. Also, when I’m trying to do homework I’ll keep checking my email in order to avoid doing work. I’m not alone there either according to technology analyst Craig Roth “Email is being used like a drug to get a hit of accomplishment when one feels he is spinning his wheels.”
Email has become should a normal part of our everyday lives. Can anything be done to change this in order not to cause this over communication problem? There are many tips available to companies and people that may decrease the problem. However, I do not feel it will ever be solved. In my four years of college I have heard ONCE of a student calling their professor to tell them they couldn’t attend class. Everyone now relies on email to conveniently solve that problem, and many others.
Has this caused over communication? According to some the answer is yes. Email can have many negative effects on businesses and its employees. Mainly it decreases productivity and focus of workers, while constantly weakening relationships with other employees, customers, and superiors. Programs such as the Information Overload Research Group, IORG, are trying to help businesses solve there problems that email can create.
For myself, I use email so much it’s become more than a routine. A lot of times when I’m trying to type in a website I need to visit, I seem to always go to check my email first. Also, when I’m trying to do homework I’ll keep checking my email in order to avoid doing work. I’m not alone there either according to technology analyst Craig Roth “Email is being used like a drug to get a hit of accomplishment when one feels he is spinning his wheels.”
Email has become should a normal part of our everyday lives. Can anything be done to change this in order not to cause this over communication problem? There are many tips available to companies and people that may decrease the problem. However, I do not feel it will ever be solved. In my four years of college I have heard ONCE of a student calling their professor to tell them they couldn’t attend class. Everyone now relies on email to conveniently solve that problem, and many others.
3 comments:
You made so many true points in this blog Amanda! For me though, its Facebook thats my distraction. But I do the same things on their that you do with email. Instead of starting a paper or my homework I'll check my Facebook first and I guess I do it because it creates a distraction and keeps me from having to start on my work. It's so ridiculous though!! How much can change on my Facebook from one hour to the next?? But I also understand what you're saying about how much people now rely on email for their basis of communication. I'm sure a lot of people like it because it keeps them from having awkward face to face interactions. Whichever the reason I guess its safe to say that we all need to wee ourselves away a little bit from Facebook and Email.
I find myself checking e-mail at least 10 times a day in hopes of finding an interesting e-mail. However, this summer I had an internship that involved a lot of desk and computer work and I found myself checking my e-mail constantly. I do think it can take away from worker productivity and negatively affect employees. Many students including myself have become reliant on e-mail as a primary form of communication.
I check my email constantly! But the thing that I don't like is that half the mail I receive does not even apply to me, which can be a little annoying!I check it even more when I am expecting a response from someone, which takes time away from other things I should be doing.I beginning to think that emails are becoming more of a distraction than a necessity!
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