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Session 6. News & Discussion Groups. Computer-mediated Communication. Asynchronous WWW (Broadcast model) Email (Post office model) On-line Discussion (Memo model) Synchronous (“Real-time”) Internet Relay Chat (IRC) MUDs or MOOs Videoconferencing. “Netspeak”: Internet Language .
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Session 6 • News & Discussion Groups
Computer-mediated Communication • Asynchronous • WWW (Broadcast model) • Email (Post office model) • On-line Discussion (Memo model) • Synchronous (“Real-time”) • Internet Relay Chat (IRC) • MUDs or MOOs • Videoconferencing
“Netspeak”: Internet Language • Smilies or Emoticons • Acronyms • Netiquette • Lurking • Flame • Spamming / A spam • Trolling / A troll • Clean chat
Discussion Groups • What they are... • Where to find them... • How to use them...
Discussion Groups • Usenet or Newsgroups • Listservs • Web-based (Forums) & Java Plug-ins • E-mail (Group) mailing Lists • LAN based (Asynchronous or Synchronous)
Newsreader - Common Terms • News server (e.g., news.udc.es) • Newsgroup (alt.fans.deportivo-fran.rules) • Subscriptions (bookmark) • Headers (subject) • Messages • Threads (conversations)
Discussion Groups Advantages • authentic dialogue • immediacy • socio-cultural /social & linguistic reflection • recoverable • alternative discourse patterns (beyond IRE) • varieties of topics
Discussion Groups Issues • Control over content • non-systematic study • emphasis on typing, writing and compression • integration vs. add-on approach • organising, archiving, accessing discussions over school systems