Methods of
commmunication
Across different generations.
ENGLISH
V.Sachin Balaji
2/1/2025
S.Dhasvanth
Overview
• Preferred type of communication.
• The difference in communications.
• Communication in the past
• Communication in the present
• Communication in the future
• Summary
Different generations and their
preferred type of communication
Baby Boomers: Often Gen Z: Predominantly use
Gen X: Comfortable Millennials: Highly
prefer face-to-face social media, texting, and
with email, phone reliant on social
communication, video calls, with a strong
calls, and instant media, texting, and
phone calls, and preference for visual
messaging. video calls.
email. communication.
1946 - 1964 1965 - 1980 1981 – 1996 1997 - 2010
The difference in
communications
4. Privacy and Social
1. Speed and Accessibility : 2. Tools and Platforms : 3. Style and Frequency :
Connection :
•Older Generations: Slow •Older Generations: Letters, •Older Generations: Formal
•Older Generations: More
(letters, landlines); limited landlines; newspapers, face- style; infrequent but
private; preferred in-person
by infrastructure. to-face. meaningful.
connections.
•Younger Generations: •Younger Generations: •Younger Generations:
•Younger Generations: Less
Instant (texts, video calls); Smartphones, apps; social Informal style; constant
private; rely on online
globally accessible. media, video calls. communication.
interactions.
Communication in the past
1.Printing Press:
1. Continued to be a dominant medium for mass communication.
2. Enabled mass production of books, newspapers, and pamphlets.
2.Telegraph: Invented in the early 19th century.
1. Allowed instant communication over long distances.
2. Samuel Morse developed Morse Code for message transmission.
3. By the mid-1800s, telegraph lines connected major cities.
3.Telephone:
1. Patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.
2. Transformed personal and business communication.
3. Rapid growth in usage, with nearly 600,000 telephones in the U.S. by 1900.
4.Radio:
1. Development began in the late 19th century.
2. Became a popular medium for mass communication by the 1920s.
3. Provided news, entertainment, and music to large audiences.
5.Television:
1. Emerged in the 1930s, but widespread adoption occurred later.
2. Changed how information was consumed and shared.
Communication in the present
Early 1900s:
1.Widespread adoption of the telephone and the rise of radio as a major broadcasting medium.
Mid-20th Century:
1.Television becomes popular, changing information consumption.
2.Communication satellites enhance global broadcasting.
Late 20th Century:
1.The internet is developed and begins public access in the 1990s.
2.Email gains popularity for instant written communication.
21st Century:
1.Social media platforms transform personal connections and information sharing.
2.Smartphones enable instant communication and access to information.
3.Video conferencing tools become essential, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020s:
1.AI and chatbots improve communication efficiency.
2.Virtual and augmented reality start to enhance communication experiences.
3.5G technology boosts mobile communication speed and reliability.
Communication in the future
Artificial Augmented Reality Cloud Real-Time
Visual Language:
Intelligence (AI): (AR): Communication: Translation:
1.AR will enhance 1.Cloud technology 1.Advanced 1.The use of emojis
1.AI will enable communication will provide translation tools and visual
intuitive experiences by flexible, scalable will facilitate symbols will grow,
communication overlaying digital communication seamless becoming a
systems that information in solutions, communication significant part of
understand real-world integrating across languages, digital
context and settings, making various tools into allowing users to communication.
personalize virtual meetings a single platform. converse in their
interactions. more engaging. native tongues.
Summary
Generational Preferences:
•Baby Boomers: Face-to-face, phone calls, emails.
•Gen X: Emails, phone calls, instant messaging.
•Millennials: Social media, texting, video calls.
•Gen Z: Social media, texting, visual communication.
Key Differences:
•Tools: Letters, landlines vs. smartphones, apps.
•Style: Formal and infrequent vs. informal and constant.
•Privacy: Private, in-person vs. online, less private.
•Speed: Slow (past) vs. instant (present).
Communication Over Time:
•Past: Printing press, telegraph, telephone, radio, TV.
•Present: Smartphones, social media, global connectivity.
•Future: AI, augmented reality, seamless integration.
