What is difference between in person communication and online communication?

My Instructor told me to write an essay about differences between in-person communication and online communication.

What does in-person communication mean?What is difference between in person communication and online communication?
In-person communication is when the two correspondents actually talk face-to-face, like if they were sitting across from each other at a table or conversing at a party.

Online communication is what we are doing now. Conversing through the internet. Includes email, instant messaging, forums, webcams etc



Tips for your essay:

say that in person communication is much more personal and intimate. you get to see each other's facial expressions, maybe touch each other playfully, laugh, use hand motions for emphasis, etc.

online communication is much more removed. You can hide behind a computer. You can tell somebody you loved their party through an instant message when in reality you hated it. If you did that in person, they would probably be able to tell because of your facial expression.



Perhaps you can put in a twist at the end. Argue to the reader that online communication is becoming more and more like in-person communication. With video technology and emoticons like :) and :( you can actually tell each other's facial expressions, especially with video technology (you could still hide behind an emoticon).



Who know, maybe in the future we will have real holograms of people that we can talk to.

Good luckWhat is difference between in person communication and online communication?
Wow - is this a sign of the times or what?



"In person" means just that - talking face-to-face with a real person.