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Message Boards or Discussion Boards Web Forums

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Message Boards

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Discussion Boards

Web Forums

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Discussion Board

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Commonplace in Business

1997:Yahoo!Finance

Later Years:RagingBull TheLionCBSMarketWatch

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Yahoo!Finance

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Resource for Knowledge

Individual Organization

Writers (materials for book)

Newbie (increase knowledge)

Hesitant buyer (similar concerns)

Academic SettingoBlackboard

Business o Internalo External

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Advantages Vs. Disadvantages

Source of Information

Platform for Shy People

Virtual Community

Lack of Physical Social Interaction

Lack of Feelings

Subject to Hoax

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Interview

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Media Rich

Less rich than face-to-face communication

Fell in the middle of the range for media richness

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Costs Associated

Time

PC or Smartphone

Active Internet