Video Chat and Instant Messaging
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Video Chat and Instant Messaging
By Katie O’Brien and Sarah Talbott
Why We Use Instant Messenger Keep in touch with friends
See who is online
Talk while doing other things
Transfer files
Share ideas
Get quick responses
Advantages of Instant Messenger Social networking
Confidence for insecure people
Time to reflect on response
Business tool
Instant response
Multitasking
Convenience
Tool to stay in touch
You can control who talks to you
Disadvantages of Instant Messenger No face to face communication
Lack of proper writing skills
Security issues
Distraction
Usage
74% of online teens use instant messaging. In comparison, 44% of online adults have used IM.
69% of online teens use IM at least several times a week.
19% of online teens say they use IM most often to contact their friends when they are not with them; and 8% use email.
37% have used IM to write something that they would not have said in person.
Pew Internet & American Life
Negative Effects 37% of online teens have used IM to write something that they would not have said in person.
17% of instant messengers have used IM to ask someone out; 13% have used instant messaging to break up with someone.
57% have blocked messages from someone they did not want to hear from and 64% have refused to respond to instant messages from someone they were mad at.
22% of online teens who use instant messaging and email have shared their password with a friend.
14% of kids and teens who use IM say someone has threatened them while they were instant messaging; boys are more likely to say this has happened to them
Pew Internet & American Life, Media Awareness Network
WEBCAMS Video recording devices connected to
computers
Invented 1994, used world wide by 2000
Personal, Business, Private Webcams
Makes it easy to monitor something for a short while
Convenient to see other people anywhere in the world
WHO uses Webcams? Currently, 18-18.5 million people world wide use a webcam while on the
internet Use it while using instant messenger
Not just for “techno-geeks” anymore Students, parents, grandparents, business executives, teachers, doctors,
government
Companies that Support Webcams
Advantages to Using Webcams Program Options: live streaming video, upload still picture, only need a web
browser, live audio, incorporations with other software, add caption/timestamp/logo,
Creates a direct link between the camera and the live site
Does not require advanced skills
Can be inexpensive
Advantages to Using Webcams Face to face, real time interaction
Usually superb quality
Help anyone stay connected (personal, business)
Together While Apart
Disadvantages to Using Webcams
Security, “Big Brother” Affect?
Might be expensive
Webcams Useful for so many people
Easy to use
Relative inexpensive for easy cameras
Disadvantage: security
Future: Computer manufacturers will continue to increase production of webcams built into computers