online community

Online Communication

• In this presentation I will define some key words with examples used within online communication.
• online community
• network of friends
• virtual worl
• netiquette
• chat
• chat room
• Blogs
• Microblogs
• wiki

Online Community

• Online communities – A virtual
• community which exists only
• online. It may be open to
• anyone (e.g. a bulletin board) or
• restricted by interest (e.g. various
• scientific communities). One example of this is mumsnet.

Network of Friends

• Network of friends – A collection
• of people who jointly keep up-to date
• contact online. Sometimes
• this may be a specific c network,
• such as The National Youth Science
• Forum, or it may be more general,
• like a group of friends keeping in
• touch through Facebook.

Netiquette

• Netiquette – Short for ‘internet
• etiquette’ or ‘network etiquette’. It
• is a set of conventions covering the
• use of networks used to interact
• with other people. The conventions
• are designed to prevent people
• causing annoyance or offence to
• others. For example on Facebook if you put something inappropriate in your profile the people who visit it can report you.

Chat

• Chat – In this context, refers
• to any kind of online real-time
• communication over the internet. one example of this can be Facebook as it has instant messaging.

Chat room

• Chat room – Large-scale interactive
• conferencing with many people
• involved in the same conversation
• at the same time. One example of this is club penguin.

Blogs

• 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. One example of a blogger is Zoella.

Microblogs

• it is a social media which an individual makes short and frequent posts. One example of this is twitter

Virtual world

• A virtual world is a computer based online community environment that is designed and shared by individuals so they can communicate and interact in the online world. Users can interact with each other via text box, mike and camera. one example, of the virtual is world of Warcraft.