[Air-l] Re: we need a new word?

[Cathy Ma]

Hi all,

Seems that it's hard to find a new term that embraces all the meanings
of all the possible computer mediated communication
devices/means/habits...etc as mentioned, but really, what are they?

feel free to add on:

- emails
- instant messengers (IMs)
- web-based socializing tools, such as
  * friends of friends sites (e.g. friendster, orkut)
  * socializing bookmarking archive (e.g. del.icio.us.com)
  * forums
  * photo-sharing communities (e.g. hello, flickr, ofoto)
 - web-based publishing tools
  *blogs
  *wikis

What else I missed?

best,
cathy

MPhil student,
Department of Sociology,
The University of Hong Kong
http://cathyma.blogspot.com


On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:30:22 -0500, joan carol urquhart
<jcu at execulink.com> wrote:
> on-line media...om
> 
> on-line communication media...ocm
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bram Dov Abramson"
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 2:10 PM
> Subject: [Air-l] Re: we need a new word?
> 
> 12:20, 19.3.2005):
> >And I found myself saying -- and my PPTs reading -- "Internet" --
> >but then verbally qualifying by saying, "well I really don't mean the
> >traditional email Internet, but also IM, chat, lists, video, etc."
> >(add your favoriteincluding Usenet and BBS).
> >
> >What to call it?
> 
> I usually use:
> 
> - "Internet applications", for those things that specifically require
> the Internet.  (Most of the ones you listed.)
> 
> - "media applications", as the more general class of things that may but
> don't always need the Internet -- even if they increasingly do.  (Like
> mobile media applications.)
> 
> cheers
> Bram
> 
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