What is "Electronic Communication" ?

Well electronic, like the 'e' in e-mail. 

I like the original 'e' - but also include the 'n' in net- technologies, and the 'w' in web- technologies, and I guess will  also the 'i' in i-Phone technologies, but wait, that 'i' is proprietary.

Perhaps the letter 'i' shouldn't be proprietary, but even some numbers are now.

Anyway, we include them all.  They're all technologies used to communicate.

Who Communicates?

1. People communicate.  
2. Machines communicate - data  using protocols;   information;    and, some believe machine knowledge.  But that's another story.

What I mean by "electronic communication" though is people and human organisations communicating using electronic technologies. Eg. a group of folk conferencing using electronic devices and networks.

How do we communicate?

Using electronic technologies! - 3G phones, conferencing servers, SMS, email, web-email, waves, electronic documents, the "cloud",  message buses, publish and subscribe services, RSS feeds, B2B portals, presence awareness (SIP), cultural awareness, location awareness, Web3.0 services, etc. etc.

What do we communicate?

Information, points of view, greetings, requests, advise, warnings, bookings, transactions, ......

Ideally,

"Exactly the right information, in the right amount, at the right time, using the right medium, with the receiver's responses to that information predicted, prepared, and either actioned, or awaiting or prompting, their response to it, as desired."

This is the future.  I believe we are on the road.  Here we will be looking at the technologies and services to achieve this.