A brief overview of computer mediated communication.

1. Chapter 4 Computer-Mediated Communication

3. CMC Includes… Instant Messaging

4. CMC Includes… Blogs

5. CMC Includes… Email

6. CMC Includes… Text Messaging

7. CMC Includes… Social Networking Sites (SNS)

8. CMC Includes… Multi User Domains (MUDs)

9. CMC Includes… Internet

10. CMC Includes… World Wide Web

18. The Global “Digital Divide” *As of 2005 – Source: World Internet Users and Population Stats

20. On March 15, 1985, symbolic.com became the first Internet domain. Science fiction writer William Gibson had coined the term “cyberspace” in his novel Neuromancer only the year before.