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

[aoir.z3z at danah.org]

And this is precisely the set of tools that the makers of said tools are 
calling "social software."  I'm definitely not arguing for this term, but 
that's what folks are calling them.

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Cathy Ma wrote:

> 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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