The medium on which this conversation takes place has different societal weights. Handwritten letters and private messages are both textual media, but carry a different reaction depending on the society in which they are communicated. Fulk explains this concept: “Symbolic characteristics need not be fixed attributes of a medium. Symbolic meanings may well arise, be sustained, and evolve through ongoing processes of joint meaning-making within social systems” (Fulk, 1993, p 922). Today, humanity has moved away from personalized communication and taken advantage of technology's capacity for efficiency. Krauss states: “It is thanks to the versatility of language that communication is possible within the constraints of society” (Krauss, 2002, p 11). Regardless of the medium used, communication is essential for survival and will always be dictated by society through the structure of language and