Online Communication

Introduction

• Communicating online means that you can transfer data from one user to another or perhaps a group. Often this is done through websites, sofrwares and even social media.

Virtual Worlds

• Virtual worlds such as club penguin and World Of War craft are examples of when people go on to virtual worlds and create their own characters. A lot of people around the world spend hours on these games and may also spend a lot of money on them.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USA1xLTUi7w (Einbetten)
• Bildunterschrift: Some random person playing WOW

Online community and Networks of friends.

• Certain amounts of people online will join 'fandoms' or groups with other people who share the same interest as them. Some interests are more popular than others meaning that a some fandoms/groups will be more popular than others. A lot of online friends get in contact through social media such as tumblr or twitter.
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• Bildunterschrift: Most people choose the fandom path.

Netiquette

• 'Netiquette' is certain rules in an online discussion group This word is a combination of ’net’ (from internet) and ’etiquette’. It means respecting other users’ views and having common courtesy when posting your views to online discussion groups.
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• Bildunterschrift: Don't be a troll/

Chat

• Chatting online is something that mainly teenagers do. A lot of people do this every day on average. Chatting online to strangers is something that anyone can easily do, even children. Facebook chat and youtube comments is a good example of this.
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• Bildunterschrift: You probably type these phrases everyday.

Chatrooms

• Chat rooms can often be public or even private. You could be talking to anyone in chat rooms, they're dirty business.
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• Bildunterschrift: #true

Blogs

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• Tumblr is a good example of an online website where fans of star wars or doctor who for example can make blogs. Blogs can include things to do with the topics that the user is interested in.
• Bildunterschrift: A pretty blog

Microblog

• An example of a 'microblog' is twitter. This is because when you want to send a tweet on twitter, you only have a limit of words/characters. This goes for DM (directing messaging) on twitter as well.
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• Bildunterschrift: Twitter

Wiki

• Wikipedia is a good example of somewhere you can gain information. Although, a lot may be incorrect as anyone can edit them. Wikia is more simple wikipedia that also a source of information that anyone can edit. Wikia is used to learn information about nerdy subjects and fictional characters.
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