[Air-l] not the new word

[Alex Halavais]

If you want to confuse people further, you could use "The Matrix," in
John Quarterman's sense, but I'm afraid that's probably not the
definition most audiences will be familiar with. I use "ICTs," but for
those not acquainted with the term, it requires further clarification.
For more general audiences, I like "The Net," which is arguably simply
an abbreviation of the internet(s), but I think connotes the wider set
of applications you are talking about.

I also like "social computing" to talk about the narrower set of
applications that are based in communication (never been a fan of
"CMC"), but the term leads very quickly to the question of whether
there is any computing that is not social.

Alex


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:27:47 -0600, Ed Lamoureux <ell at bradley.edu> wrote:
> I don't have one for "it."
> but I would like to note something that many of you know . . . just as
> a reminder.
> 
> Many of my (former and present) colleagues in Departments of
> Communication have taken to referring to their Radio/Video/Television
> areas as "electronic media."
> 
> Just as their work often overlaps with computationally based digitally
> enhanced production (new media); the name "electronic media" also
> overlaps. Yet, I suspect that inside 5 years, Communication
> Department-based academics in America will, for the most part, sub the
> term electronic media for "radio/television" fairly broadly.
> 
> So that one's probably not a good one for computer stuff.
> 
> Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D.
> Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center
> Associate Professor, Speech Communication
> 1501 W. Bradley
> Bradley University
> Peoria IL  61625
> 309-677-2378
> http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell
> http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/
> 
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