CMC is communication that takes places between human beings via the instrumentality of computers

(Susan Herring, 1996)

Internet Going Multimodal

› Emoticons› Web Cam› Video Call› Facebook / Friendster applications

Online Ethics› Privacy› Spam, Bulk, Adware, Cookies› News Feed on Facebook› Friends update on Friendster› Cyber Crime, Cyberbullying

Online Identity› Real / Virtual?› Multiple Identity

Online Communities› Facebook, Friendster› Blog: My Space, Multiply› Micro Blogging: Twitter, Plurk› Milis, Forum

Language and the internet› Net Lingo/ Net Speak

@lemonjuz: bla bla bla….

› Synchronous / Asynchronous chatting Message comment poke shout box micro blogging

Gender› David Huffaker’s Research on Gender

Differences in Teenage Blogs More males use emoticons to express

emotions More males “come out” sexually on blogs More males give their geographic location Males use avatars, females use photo

Addiction

Thurlow, Lengel, and Tomic. Computer Mediated Communication, Social Interaction on The Internet. London: Sage Publication, 2004.

Penrod. Using Blogs to Enhance Literacy. USA: Rowman & Littlefield Education