Week 3 - The Lecture

After reading through the lecture materials one point stood out for me in particular, in how new media generally “combines the officiality of written text and the informality of the spoken word.” (Lecture 3) There seems to be casualness about e-mails, MUD’s and speaking generally online. I know personally I sometimes have the bad habit of writing how I would speak when it comes to writing essays etc, this is influenced largely from talking on chat sites over the internet, i.e. msn, you get used to chatting online but mirroring a face to face conversation, and this comes through when writing. When speaking online, even in situations where there needs to be a formality, new media interaction I think is labelled sometimes with a more relaxed approach. This links in with one of my previous posts about the convenience of new media, and this could be how it is now perceived as more relaxed because of its expediency.

I just thought I’d blog on this point as it can tie in with last weeks and this week’s forthcoming blogs!