Computer-mediated communication is a ubiquitous feature of modern life. Whether communication occurs via Facebook, Twitter, email, instant messaging (IM), or media such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs), the ability of humans to communicate across time and culture is unprecedented in history. Never before have people been able to communicate so freely with strangers around the world. However, at least one critical aspect of face-to-face interaction is missing: nonverbal communication. Therefore, it is imperative that we continue to find more and more ways to approximate the nonverbal cues provided by speaking in person. Nonverbal communication, loosely defined as all parts of communication other than words, is by far the largest source of information when speaking to your face. -face to face with another person (Knapp 5.) These parts include eye contact, facial expression, rate of speech, volume of speech, gestures, posture, clothing, appearance, smell, paralanguage (sounds, sighs) and even silence. From the moment we are born, we begin to communicate non-verbally. It can be said that a baby's crying is nothing more than his way of communicating to his parents without words, and new parents quickly learn to distinguish a cry of pain from a cry of hunger or one of boredom. A child becomes very good at encoding the meaning of nonverbal signals such as pointing, and his or her parents become very good at decoding the meaning. The fact that nonverbal communication is important cannot be understated, but computer-mediated communication continues to play a significant role in global interactions, and this is not likely to change in the foreseeable future. One of the most used forms of computer-mediated communication is email. In... middle of paper... in ways. Time, 177(12), 62-65. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier.Huang, Ph.D., C. (2008). Internet use and psychological well-being: A meta-analysis [electronic version]. Cyberpsychology and Behavior, 11(5), 595-597. Knapp, M., & Hall, J. (2010). Nonverbal communication in human interaction (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. List of emotes. (n.d.). In WoWWiki. Retrieved June 2, 2011, from http://www.wowwiki.com/List_of_emotesLo, S. (October 2008). The nonverbal communication functions of emoticons in computer-mediated communication [Electronic version]. CyberPsychology & behavior, 11(5), 595-597.Match.com information, statistics, facts and history. (2011, May 13). In dating site reviews. com. Retrieved June 2, 2011 Truss, L. (2004). Eat, Shoot and Leave: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. New York, New York: Gotham Books.