This is reasonably clear in the case of face-to-face communication.
When online communities first developed, they were seen as essentially different than face-to-face communication.
A negatively associated relationship between face-to-face communication and media multitasking was found.
The rise in Internet drug trades could also be attributed to the lack of face-to-face communication.
But other experts said there were good reasons why these groups had restricted important messages to face-to-face communication.
Through human history, growing children learn communication as face-to-face communication first.
But the media play also an increasing role for face-to-face communication.
I think it's important for face-to-face communication and shopping otherwise our high street will disappear.
The advantage of spoken, face-to-face communication is that it's a direct and effective way to get across facts.
There is no question that visual features are very much part of face-to-face communication.