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Melvin Kwan

Tech Talk: Instant Messaging - 0 views

  • two-thirds of all teenagers use Instant Messaging, and of that group, half use IM every day.
  • Much like e-mail, which can be pretty informal, IM takes a relaxed and streamlined approach to communication. Since the emphasis is on speed and brevity rather than adherence to formal rules of grammar, a sort of textual shorthand has emerged.
  • It's not hard to see why, as it allows people stay connected across the globe without pesky long-distance phone bills. Interestingly, some recent versions of IM software have begun to offer audio and video chat.
Ginnie Lim

Ginnie's Blog for NM3225 - 0 views

  • anonymity
  • speed
  • could not express fully your emotions on IM.
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  • gestures
  • although IM may be used anonymously - be it for flirting, gossiping or others non-formal chatting - there are still people who use it for 'useful' communication
  • People might still expect that you have something to share, to ask, or to chat about.
  • bad grammar, poor punctuation, shorten words and improper abbreviations in academic writing
  • brainstorm thoughts and develop intelligent chatting.
  • important literacy in kids' lives,
  • instant messaging addiction
  • adoption of more casual and informal communication and culture.
  • one may say something that he or she later thought is inappropriate.
  • rumors and gossip via instant messenger in workplaces
  • mobility of IM caused positively and negatively
  • self-personalised short-formed words
  • instant messenger had come to the edge of corporate world and replaced other means of communications.
  • one building apart.
  • personal status message tool to compete 'ridiculousness' of messages; and also an excuse for others to post messages to some one else when he or she otherwise would not.
  • to know what is happening around their friends while for guys in particular they use it to talk to girls whom they shy to do so off-screen.
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