The Internet Chat Room: A New Resource for Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Robin Susser ◽  
Adrienne Blanchard
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Chat Room ◽  
Internet Chat ◽  
Internet Chat Room

scholarly journals Fathers Online: Learning About Fatherhood Through the Internet

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. StGeorge ◽  
Richard J. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chat Room ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Internet Chat ◽  
The Social ◽  
Internet Chat Room ◽  
Transition To Fatherhood ◽  
Responsible Fathering ◽  
Antenatal Classes

In the transition to fatherhood, men face numerous challenges. Opportunities to learn new practices and gain support are limited, although the provisions of father-specific spaces such as fathers’ antenatal classes or “responsible fathering” programs are important advances. This article explores how men use the social space of a father-specific Internet chat room to learn about fathering. Messages to an Australian-hosted, father-specific chat room (for fathers of infants or young children) were examined, and three overlapping themes illustrated men’s perceptions of their transition to fatherhood. The themes concerned recognition of and response to a lack of social space, services, and support for new fathers. The implications for fathers’ perinatal education are discussed.

scholarly journals Language Awareness in an Internet Chat Room

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (29) ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Leszek Szymański
Keyword(s):  
Research Problem ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Chat Room ◽  
Language Awareness ◽  
Specific Kind ◽  
Internet Chat ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Internet Chat Room ◽  
Language Corpus

When communicating on the Internet, the participants, so to say, mingle two traditional modes of communication: writing and speech. The phenomenon appears to be most noticeable in chat room interactions. This suggestion is based on the fact that users try to behave as though they are engaged in a spoken act of communication, though the actual medium of communication employs written language forms. Therefore, Internet users need to know what conventions to employ and how to perform such actions in order to express the desired meanings, all with the aim of driving the interaction as close as possible to speech. Such implementations of certain language-related customs require a specific kind of language awareness from the users. This concept, plus the applied conventions, constitute the essence of this article. The discussion begins with an introduction to the research problem, in this case the intentional utilization by Internet chat participants of the graphic mode of communication in order to express their desired meanings. Second, the reader becomes acquainted with the terminology used in the paper, which includes: language awareness, (Internet) chat, and (language) corpus. Moreover, the source of the studied language material—a corpus of Internet chats—is presented. The said description additionally includes the informants’ characteristics, as well as the topicality of their conversations. The further sections of the paper discus the application of selected non-normative spelling conventions and word-formation processes, with the support of examples taken from the corpus. Based on the discussion, an attempt is made to indicate which features comprise certain values to the participants of Internet chats.

Internet sex-seeking leads to acute HIV infection: a report of two cases

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
K T Tashima ◽  
E N Alt ◽  
J I Harwell ◽  
D K Fiebich-Perez ◽  
T P Flanigan
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Acute Hiv Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Internet Chat ◽  
Acute Hiv ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Internet Sex ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Internet Chat Room

The use of the internet provides a rapid medium for identifying potential sexual partners and arranging in-person meetings that often result in sex. There is growing concern that the internet facilitates the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. We report the first two cases of acute HIV infection after internet chat room encounters. Physicians should address the potential risks to sex seekers who use the internet. HIV prevention efforts that target internet sex seekers are needed.

De-Coupling Groups in Space and Time

2010 ◽  
pp. 141-158
Author(s):  
Kevin Burden ◽  
Simon Atkinson
Keyword(s):  
Radical Change ◽  
Mailing List ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chat Room ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Broadcast Media ◽  
Social Patterns ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
Personal Media ◽  
The Web

Prior to the Web, we had hundreds of years of experience with broadcast media, from printing presses to radio and TV. Prior to email, we had hundreds of years experience with personal media – the telegraph, the telephone. But outside the Internet, we had almost nothing that supported conversation among many people at once. The radical change was de-coupling groups in space and time. To get a conversation going around a conference table or campfire, you need to gather everyone in the same place at the same moment. By undoing those restrictions, the Internet has ushered in a host of new social patterns, from the mailing list to the chat room to the weblog. (Shirky, 2003)

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