MSN etc change the way people communicate

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Tools like MSN have changed the way, primarily the younger, communicate. The world has become bigger as result of these tools: it is very easy for a South African to communicate with someone from Brazil.

In addition text messages and MSN have created a whole new lingo that is pretty much incomprehensible for non-users of the tools. As an example from the sms lingo to english and vice versa translation site (transl8it) "a specL *S* a specL fAc a specL sum1 i cnt replAc, i luv u i alwayz wiL uve fillD a spAc no1 cn fiL"....
Those not in the know could loose touch with their children. Children are also likely to get in contact with the wrong people through these chat sites.

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Enablers: o The ubiguiteness of broadband has enabled use of wikis.

o The majority of younger people are now very confident in using IT in their day-to-day activities and wikis are a logical extension of this. o The fact that it is easy to share and copy files has created a need for work being kept in one central location instead of trying to grapple with different versions. Wiki's could be this central place where all information on a document is kept.

[edit]Inhibitors: o Lack of wysiwig editing will delay take up by less technical confident people. o Communication in writing does not allow for indicating nuances (icons or signs such as :-) help but this is not a conclusive solution) and this may put people of using written communication over oral communication. o People's need for social interaction o No peer review exists like there is in the publishing world so for example who knows whether what bsaph134 says on wikipedia is actually true...

[edit]Paradigms: Wikis and weblogs make publishing easy for everyone.

[edit]Experts: The Wiki Way (http://wiki.org) Online encyclopedia (http://www.wikipedia.com)

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