[Air-l] The death of chat?

[Gitte Stald]

That was the reporting in DK as well - but the argument that chatrooms are used by pedophiles to meet children was mentioned as well. 
:-) Gitte
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jones" <sjones at uic.edu>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Air-l] The death of chat?


> Given the international membership on this list I'd be very 
> interested in hearing reactions to MSN's announcement from outside 
> the U.S. The news stories I heard about it on the radio in the U.S. 
> emphasized spam and porn as being the reasons for the closing. Is 
> that the reporting elsewhere?
> 
> Thanks,
> Sj
> 
> At 12:04 PM -0400 9/24/03, Karim R. Lakhani wrote:
> >I think this means the web based chat rooms and not IM or real time 
> >chat service.
> >
> >J Sternberg wrote:
> >
> >>With Internet Relay Chat flourishing worldwide since its creation 
> >>in 1988, as well as the ongoing popularity of AOL's Instant 
> >>Messenger, it seems to me that chat won't be dying out any time 
> >>soon. Although I don't know of any definitive statistics, my 
> >>impression is that compared to systems such as IRC and AIM, MSN 
> >>chat has been just a drop in the bucket.
> >>
> >>Janet Sternberg, Ph.D.
> >>Assistant Professor
> >>Department of Communication and Media Studies
> >>Fordham University
> >>
> >>
> >>Lois Ann Scheidt wrote:
> >>
> >>>  MSN has announced that it will be closing or significantly changing its
> >>>chatrooms worldwide, effective October 14.  The announcement can be found
> >>>at
> >>>http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=40329
> >>>
> >>>Lois Ann Scheidt MPA MIS SPHR CCP
> >>>Doctoral Student
> >>>School of Library and Information Science
> >>>Indiana University
> >>>Bloomington IN USA
> >>>http://www.loisscheidt.com
> >>>
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