Hi all, Seems that it's hard to find a new term that embraces all the meanings of all the possible computer mediated communication devices/means/habits...etc as mentioned, but really, what are they? feel free to add on: - emails - instant messengers (IMs) - web-based socializing tools, such as * friends of friends sites (e.g. friendster, orkut) * socializing bookmarking archive (e.g. del.icio.us.com) * forums * photo-sharing communities (e.g. hello, flickr, ofoto) - web-based publishing tools *blogs *wikis What else I missed? best, cathy MPhil student, Department of Sociology, The University of Hong Kong http://cathyma.blogspot.com On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:30:22 -0500, joan carol urquhart <jcu@execulink.com> wrote:
on-line media...om
on-line communication media...ocm
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bram Dov Abramson" Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 2:10 PM Subject: [Air-l] Re: we need a new word?
12:20, 19.3.2005):
And I found myself saying -- and my PPTs reading -- "Internet" -- but then verbally qualifying by saying, "well I really don't mean the traditional email Internet, but also IM, chat, lists, video, etc." (add your favoriteincluding Usenet and BBS).
What to call it?
I usually use:
- "Internet applications", for those things that specifically require the Internet. (Most of the ones you listed.)
- "media applications", as the more general class of things that may but don't always need the Internet -- even if they increasingly do. (Like mobile media applications.)
cheers Bram
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