Online Communcation

ONLINE COMMUNICATION

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INTRODUCTION

Communicating online means transferring data from one person to another or a group of people. This is often done through social media and specialist software.

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ONLINE COMMUNITY/NETWORK OF FRIENDS

A online community is a virtual community (a group of people) which only exists online. It is also known as a network of friends. Example: YouTube, Macmillan Cancer Research.

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VIRTUAL WORLD

A virtual world is a unreal world created online for people to create characters and be them. One of the most famous ones is World Of Warcraft where people are also able to play with people all over the world.

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Pie de foto: : World of Warcraft Logo.

Netiquette

Communicating online requires people to behave a certain way. If rules are broken then people are often stopped from communicating for a certain amount of day or permanently blocked from communicating. You can also be reported by other users if rules are broken.   

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Pie de foto: : Don't be a troll...

CHAT

Chat is an exchange of messages, often typed between people between users at the same time. Anyone can join 

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CHATROOM

A place on the web where people can openly communicate, usually through typed words. Loads of people can talk at one time.

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Blogs

A blog is essentially an online diary, which people can read all around the world. Many people earn money from making blogs. 

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WIKI

A website where you can access any information. Anyone can edit the information so the information might not be accurate. 

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Podcast

Usually episodes that are changed into audio files. People can access them from anywhere and you can also download them. 

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MICRO-BLOG

They are sites which allows users to create and exchangereally short text entries. A popular example of this type of site is Twitter. 

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