Online communication

Online communication

• In this presentation I will define with examples key terms used within online communication:
• Online community
• Network of friends
• Virtual World
• Netiquette
• Chat
• Chatroom
• Blogs
• Microblogs
• Wiki

Online community

• Online community is a place where people can communicate along side each other. For example if someone thought they had a hobby for example playing club penguin; other people around the world can discuss about their hobbies.
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Network of friends

• Network of friends is when people get along side eachother and discuss their hobbies for example, games: Call Of Duty, Halo, World Of War Craft, Minecraft, Saints Row etc.People who are computer literate, and have the equipment, can form groups or‘societies’ online. These groups are known as online communities , and they provide
• a place for people with similar interests to come together and exchange views. Where
• the community involves a group of people who keep in up-to-date contact with each
• other, they may be referred to as a network of friends .
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Virtual World

• Virtual World is another level of making friends on the network. They are people who become obsessed with the character they have created on the online world.Sometimes the communities exist in a virtual world online. This is an unreal worldcreated by the computer. Popular examples include Second Life, Twinity and Habbo.
• The World of Warcraft virtual world is another popular example of a large interactive
• gaming virtual world which supports multi-player gaming.
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Netiquette

• The word Netiquette is a combination of 'net' (from internet) and 'etiquette'. It means respecting other users' views and displaying common courtesy when posting your views to online discussion groups.
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Chat

• chat is a place where people all over the world can talk to each other about any topic they would like to discuss or hobbies.
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Chatroom

• a Chatroom is a place where people can also talk. However, it is in a game for example in club penguin.chatrooms. Online communication within communities is sometimes referred to aschat . Some of the large interactive communities where people take part in the same
• conversation or type of chat at the same time are known as chatrooms
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Blogs

• A blog is when people can blog about what they are doing. A person might blog about what they are eating and other people can comment on it. it's a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
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Microblogs

• Micro blogs is when people can blog. However, the difference with a "micro"blog and a blog is that the microblog will have limited space on to what they would like to type. a social media site to which a user makes short, frequent posts.These are sites which allows users to create and exchange
• really short text entries. A popular example of this type of site is Twitter™.
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Wiki

• a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. Also, it is very detailed infomation.These are websites that provide information that visitors to the site canextend and edit. They allow users to share information and are useful for research.
• The best-known example of a wiki is Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia which can
• be updated by contributors.
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