Talk:Computer-mediated communication

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Message log
For example, instant messaging is highly synchronous, but rarely persistent since one loses all the content when one closes the dialog box unless one has a message log set up or has manually copy-pasted the conversation.

Most chat and IM applications keep logs by default these days. --SymlynX 13:48, 27 November 2006 (UT)

Should Online discourse environment be merged into this article?
The article Online discourse environment seems to be just a definition/enumeration of places where CMC occurs on the Internet. This material could usefully be merged into the parallel section Computer-mediated_communication. I have also re-directed "online discourse" to this article. betsythedevine (talk) 20:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Support - Yes, it should be absorbed into this more common term's text. -- SEWilco (talk) 16:42, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Annexing environments where CMC occurs into the CMC entry looks to me like it could confuse those looking to get a handle on media configurations rather than a handle on discourse itself. Why make the entry longer and more complex when you can take this aspect of CMC study and put it in a place on its own? I would say not to annex it. I came to this page looking for what might be here about the configuration of media I am working in, video annotated CMC. I would rather see links from the CMC page to others where individual media factors are discussed on their own with a description of communication in that media. Just my two cents. Craig —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cd howard (talk • contribs) 20:52, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Somebody's re-write re-posted, and why it shouldn't be
Under "Scope of the field," the article originally and accurately said:


 * Scholars from a variety of fields study phenomena that can be described under the umbrella term of CMC (see also Internet studies). For example, many take a sociopsychological approach to CMC by examining how humans use "computers" (or digital media) to manage interpersonal interaction, form impressions and form and maintain relationships (followed by 2 references on which these statements are based)

Somebody replaced these two sentences, which make a clear statement about different approaches that can be used to study CMC, with a run-on sentence asserting something different -- that people from other disciplines should be considered "part of" CMC when they study it.


 * CMC is an interdisciplinary area of investigation as a specialism (see also Internet studies) and even scholars from other well defined disciplines, such as sociopsychological, could be considered part of the field when for example they examine how humans use "computers" (or digital media) to manage interpersonal interaction, form impressions and form and maintain relationships.

Furthermore, the definition of CMC as "an interdisciplinary area of investigation as a specialism" is jargon, as is a later addition by the same hand, "CMC encompasses many genres."

This major edit also removes an informative sentence referenced to a book published by Oxford University Press. My point is that these major changes and others by the same user, now re-added by an anon, did not add to the article "flow" or comprehensibility. I removed them, somebody wants to re-add them. I suggest discussion on the talk page before trying to enforce large changes on the article. betsythedevine (talk) 11:15, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I propose to..
Add a section which covers the different mediums through which we communicate and how accurately each one is interpreted and responded to by the receiver. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goexploreyourworld (talk • contribs) 21:40, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Definition
It seems to me that the current definition covers, e.g., cell phone talks, and thus is too broad, or, at least, doesn't correspond to the actual topic of the article.

Another issue with the definition is that it is essential how the electronic devices are used. Andres (talk) 08:50, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Should we have a redirect from "Computer Mediated Discourse" to this article?
I just came across the term "Computer Mediated Discourse" and looked it up on Wikipedia. It doesn't have an article of its own but the term is used on this page a couple of times without being defined and without an explicit redirect or statement that it's synonymous.

Oops! I just found in the article a longer variant, "Computer Mediated Discourse Analysis", which is stated to be another name for the same thing.

It seems to me that we should have redirects from both "Computer Mediated Discourse" and "Computer Mediated Discourse Analysis". I'm going to be bold and add them both. Feel free to revert and discuss if this proves to be overly bold. &mdash; Hippietrail (talk) 05:38, 19 November 2013 (UTC)
 * In fact I added four variants. With and without hyphenation. &mdash; Hippietrail (talk) 05:44, 19 November 2013 (UTC)

Unreferenced/Duplicated content
I've removed the following content which seemed incomplete, was unreferenced, and duplicated in part the information in the proceeding section. Any objections or references, let me know.

csc= computer science

cmc can be divided into synchronous and asynchronous modes. In synchronous communications all participants are online at the same time (e.g. IRC), while asynchronous communications occurs with time constraints. (e.g. email). People choose asynchronous communication like email for delayed, controlled and longer messages. They also prefer email for negative emotion as they are distant from the receiver ("shielding" effect). On the other hand, people prefer synchronous communication like IM for immediate good news. They also use it because they can multitask while talking. Computermacgyver (talk) 18:25, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Redirect of "online discussion" to here
I redirected the stub Online discussion to this page. No one had touched the other one for years and it was sorely out of date. I figured this article covered anything that would have been included there. --TheLeaper (talk) 18:49, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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