Electronic Communication

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Electronic Communication

• 2.01 Recall components of electronic
  communication.

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Types of Electronic Communication

• Chatting
• Blogs
• Podcasting
• Discussion Boards
• Text Messaging
• E-mail

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Chat

• Talking in real-time to other network users from
  all parts of the world.
• What are the pros and cons of chatting?
• What are the types of chats?
• What are the examples of various chat programs?

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• Web logs or blogs are web-based journals.
• Often used by individuals or groups to maintain a
  record of thoughts, pictures, and interests.

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Blogs

• Have you ever responded to a blog?
• If so what was the topic?
• Was it easy?
• How did it work?

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Podcasting

• A method of publishing files to the Internet,
  allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive
  new files automatically by subscription, usually
  at no cost.
• Used largely for audio files.
• Podcasts can be audio or video.
• Podcasting does not require a media player.

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Podcasting

• Examples of podcasts available on iTunes

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Discussion Boards or Forums

• An online bulletin board where users can receive
  feedback from posted messages
• Two types of discussion boards
• Moderated
• An administrator or moderator ensure the
  discussion stays on topic and conforms to
  netiquette rules
• Unmoderated
• No administrator or moderator, which may allow
  discussion to degenerate

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Discussion Boards/Forums

• Who has used a discussion board?
• What topic were you discussing?
• Did you find out what you were looking for or
  what you wanted from the discussion?

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Text Messaging

• Sending short text messages to a device such as a
  cell phone or pager
• Used for messages that are no longer than a few
  hundred characters
• Usually applied to messaging that takes place
  between two or more mobile devices
• Listen to the Podcast by Grammar Girl about text
  messaging http//grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/tex
  t-messaging-grammar.aspx

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e-Mail

• The electronic exchange of messages and computer
  files between computers that are connected to the
  Internet or some other computer network.