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
It happens quite a lot in the UK - BBC and Channel 4 (both public service), though the scope is often restricted. Jacob Hecht wrote:
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
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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
Hi, In France, Talback features have been frequently used two or three years ago in news sites. But the difficulty of managing such a service (moderator needed to avoid injurious or diffamatory contributions), the risk of having useless flams, a.s.o., have stopped most of the initiatives. Also, I think that some (perhaps "most") of newspapers have dicculties to accept direct open critics of their work. Now, you can find some serious news sites with talkback feature, like this example http://www.01net.com/article/212188.html In fact, most of the "web talkback culture" is now playing in "blogspace". Best regards Serge
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jacob Hecht Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:43 PM 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
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Anna Buchta -
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Serge Courrier