Not Much... Just "Surfin" a discussion on the online activities of adolescents ca. 2006 (in the spring) © 2006 Gary L. Ackerman
Introduction MySpace & Other Communities Instant Messaging & Chatting Cyberbullying Strategies for Minimizing Risk Strategies for Being Proactive Resources for Adults	Instant messaging is a method of communicating in which users send text-based messages to each other.  There are a number of IM platforms... most include these features: "Buddy List" or "Contact List" which displays when others are online Chat-- IM-ing among several users Sending media files (sounds, images, etc.) Voice and video A related practice is web casting with web cams-- adding live video to a web page.
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