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of synchronization has also led to less redundancy, less multimodality,
less non-aware sharing, less interactivity and less complexity of certain
types. It has, of course, also had positive effects like bridging time and
space, i.e. sharing of information across points in time and locations
in space. These were a motive for developing the technology in the
first place.
Regarding human involvement in communication, communication
technology can have two basic functions:
(i) It can be supplementary, supporting human-human communication.
The bridging of time and/or space discussed above are ...