How Do You Avoid Being An Analog Communicator In A Digital World?
• Understand what is happening historically and be ready to move with the times. Analog television is no more! Stations are now digital broadcasters. • If you have an analog television you can no longer receive programming without a digital converter box, changing your television, or ordering a paid programming service. Most of you reading this are of an age where you probably had no analog television to begin with! • Understand that you cannot communicate on a digital channel with an analog signal. You must communicate using the same channel—the same send-and-receive technology—whether you are electronic devices or human beings. • Electronic devices communicate using specific communications protocols. The sending (transmitting) device must use the same communications protocol as the receiving (listening) device in order for messages to get through and be interpreted correctly. People also use communications protocols. The message sender (you) must use the same communications protocol
