Has telephone and email made communication less personal? With increasing developed long distance communication techniques, people become more dependants on telephone and email to contact with other persons other than face to face talk Some people feel afraid that such trends will make communication less personal However, other people insist that it is not a problem, because email and telephone provide life with more convenient I think that both the two sorts of opinions have their own advantages and disadvantages On the one hand, email and telephone actually cut down personal associations not only in daily life, but also in the work For example, in modern business, email and telephone replace traditional mail acting as main communication way for buyers and sellers A contract and trade can be accomplished even without face-to-face talk It promotes the efficient of work through saving travel time and labor cost While some people, especially those who not live with parents, always just call their parents other than go home To some extend, it decreases the time for them to get together with their family In a world, new techniques decrease personal talk, benefiting business with low cost, but cut time that people spend with their family On the other hand, email and telephone are furnishing people more chances to communicate with outside world and broaden their association scope Through email and telephone, people can freely and timely talk and write to other ones who live faraway In transnational company, market manager who live in North America can accurately grasp the market situations of European or Asia through a email or telephone report The impossible communications before are turned into reality, which to some extend, promoting personal association and communication To those people who live far from their hometown, new technique give them chance to talk with their family and friends through telephone frequently or email Especially new trends of development market email more personalized, which can attach a video file or picture files As a result, their relationships are continuously enhanced through such approaches From what have been discussed above, the beneficiations and drawbacks of the use of telephone and email are weighted Even though new communication methods cut some personal communication, it contributes to worldwide development, such as in the global business and trading; at the same time, it tightly connected the whole world together People who live far from home will not feel alone if they own telephone and email Therefore, I think that telephone and email, strengthen personal connection other than decrease it