[[Air-l] TalkBacks]

[George Lessard]

Very common for radio, TV and print  here in Canada


On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 03:06  PM, Joanie McCollom wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This definitely happens in Malaysia, where the press is very 
> controlled. This
> activity is part of my PhD dissertation, which I am currently writing. 
> (We can
> talk more offline about overlaps in our work, if you're interested.)
>
> I don't think we see it as much on CNN because by and large American 
> audiences
> believe their media to be free and thus are less critical of what they 
> read.
>
> -joanie
>
>
> Jacob Hecht <hecht_j at netvision.net.il> 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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