Electronic

Communication

2.01: Recall components of electronic

communication.

Slide 1
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/text
-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.

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