It is very common in Poland, too. Practically every news-related website offers this possibility and generally speaking people tend to be very critical in their opinions. Greetings, Anna -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of Jacob Hecht Sent: woensdag 16 juli 2003 17:43 To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] TalkBacks Dear Friends, In Israel "talk-backing" is quite common over the net. That is public responses to news items, which are published in a newsgroup's "string" style. I haven't seen this phenomena on news websites (e.g CNN.com ; nytimes.com) and was wondering: a) Are "talk backs" practiced in other countries? b) What is the origin of this activity? c) Are there references which discuss this form of communication? Hoping to hear from you… Jacob Hecht, Ph.D _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l