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State five advantages and five disadvantages of using teleconferencing in communication.

State five advantages and five disadvantages of using teleconferencing in communication.

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Kavungya
Advantages of Teleconferencing
- Reduced cost of group meeting is the major advantages of teleconferencing, the saving is
primarily due to significant reduce in travelling cost.
- Teleconferencing allows people to participate in regional, national or worldwide meetings
without actually leaving their local office.
- Greater communication and coordination between branches and worksite, as
teleconferencing enables them to get in touch with each other closely.
- Meeting is more flexible as participants can join the conference whenever it's necessary.
- Conference can be scheduled minutes or hours ahead of time instead days or weeks.

Disadvantages of Teleconferencing:
- The occurrence of technical failure when trying to establish a conference or during a
conference.
- Difficult for complex interpersonal communication, such as negotiation or bargaining.
- Impersonal, less easy to create an atmosphere of group rapport.
- Lack of participant familiarity with the equipment, the medium itself, and meeting skills.
- Socializing is less than a face-to-face meeting.
Kavungya answered the question on May 18, 2019 at 08:19

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