Friends, All of you have seen the term computer-mediated-communication(e.g. http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/). A friend recently asked me about the PC-centric nature of this definition. "Why is this not screen-mediated-communication or device-mediated communication?", he asked me. I argued that, starting with the Internet, connectivity with others (or community, if you like) had to be a component of CMC, but not other forms of screen-based-communication. By this standard, communicating through PDAs or e-mail devices such as Blackberry was, indeed, CMC. But, checking out the weather on a kiosk was not. What do you think? Is the term CMC too restrictive? Best, Sandeep -- To learn more about me, visit-http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep