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Article #228Re: Computer Networks and Literacy
From: Dave Taylor
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1986 17:26
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1986 17:26
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This article is from well!mandel@hplabs.HP.COM (Tom Mandel) and was received on Fri Dec 5 03:11:52 1986 On the matter of this [computer conferencing] being a narrow-bandwidth medium: It seems to me that while it is obviously true that this particular medium is relatively limited, it alone is not the issue. When considering matters of human communication, it makes more sense to look at all the available media together and then ask the question about "bandwidth." I would say that every new medium -- and especially two-way media -- *increases* the existing range and overall capabilities of human commmunications. Every single medium, even face-to-face (where power relationships can play a major role), has distinct advantages and limitations. Taken together, however, the communications environment is getting much richer, not narrower.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!hplabsc!taylor From: taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (Dave Taylor) Newsgroups: mod.comp-soc Subject: Re: Computer Networks and Literacy Message-ID: <924@hplabsc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 12:26:03 EST Article-I.D.: hplabsc.924 Posted: Fri Dec 5 12:26:03 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Dec-86 03:27:03 EST Reply-To: mandel@well.UUCP (Tom Mandel) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Lines: 17 Approved: taylor@hplabs Reference: <882@hplabsc.UUCP>