[Air-l] The death of chat?

Karim R. Lakhani lakhani at MIT.EDU
Wed Sep 24 09:04:17 PDT 2003


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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