unit 1 Internet Communication

InternetCommunication Contents InternetandHumanCommunication 1 ExploringtheWorldWideWeb 2 TheArtofOnlineSearching 3 DevelopingEffectiveEmailCommunicationSkills 4 Contents OnlineChattingandInstantMessaging 5 ExploringtheWorldWideWeb TheArtofOnlineSearching 6 DividingintotheBlogoshere 6 4 Blog logos sphere 目标 理解和掌握网络交流的基础知识 掌握网页浏览 信息搜索 电子邮件 在线聊天 即时消息 博客等领域的必要交流技巧 扩大词汇量 特别是与网络信息技术相关的词汇 理解和掌握在线英文的特有语言要素 培养搜索在线调研能力 特别是运用网络信息资源的能力 Unit1InternetandHumanCommunication Introduction Sinceitsbirthinthe1960 s theInternethasbeengrowingexplosivelythroughouttheworld Therefore acquiringcomputerproficiency particularlyInternet relatedskills hasbecomeaprerequisiteforachievingsuccessintoday sincreasinglydigitalandinterconnectedsociety pri rekwizit Introduction Wewillexplorenotonlyhumancommunicationactivitiessuchasemailingandinstantmessagingbutalsotechnicalsubjectssuchasinformationretrievaltechnology信息检索技术andblogsystems ri tri v l Communication Communicationis aprocessbywhichinformationisexchangedbetweenindividualsthroughacommonsystemofsymbols signs orbehavior Inotherwords communicationisavastdomainthatincludesconversations writings speeches gestures paintings movies TVshows andmanyotherinformationrelatedactivities d mein ImportanceofCommunication 2000 2004 Socialneeds Psychologicalneeds Practicalneeds Developmentalneeds Physicalneeds ImportanceofCommunication Theselfisessentiallyasocialproductarisingagainstexperiencewithpeople Yourself identityisformedalmostcompletelybasedonthecommunicationandinteractionwithothers Yourself imagehasbeenshapedbyhowotherpeoplereactedtoyou Psychologicalneeds ImportanceofCommunication Communicationalsoplaysanimportantroleinsatisfyingyoursocialneeds Throughcommunication youareabletoshareyourworriesandconcerns andexpressyourgratitudeandlove Communicationprovidesthebasisforallofyoursocialrelationships socialneeds ImportanceofCommunication nnn physicalneeds Communicationisessentialtogoodphysicalhealth Thelackofcommunicationcanleadtosocialisolation whichshortenhumanlife Infact socialconnectednessisamongthemostimportantpredicatorsofhealth almostasstrongasnotsmokingorbeingoverweight ImportanceofCommunication nnn physicalneeds Numerousmedicalstudieshaveclearlydemonstratedthecriticaleffectsthatcommunicationhasonhealth Scientistsfoundthatpeoplewithoutclosesocialrelationshipsareatahigherriskfordeathfromheartdisease stroke andevenaccidentsandsuicide ImportanceofCommunication practicalneeds Communicationalsoservespracticalfunctionsineverydaylife Averagecollegestudentsspendover61percentoftheirwakinghoursengagedinsomeformofcommunication Regardlessyouroccupation thepercentageoftimethatyouspendoncommunicationshouldnotbeverydifferentfromthisstatistics ImportanceofCommunication developmentalneeds Communicationplaysanimportantroleinyouracademicandprofessionaldevelopment Researchhasshownthathowwellstudentsperforminschoolsisdirectlyrelatedtotheirabilitytocommunicate ImportanceofCommunication developmentalneeds Fromacareer sperspective communicationisevenmorecrucial Communicationisnowconsideredakeyhiringcriterionbymostorganizations kra t ri n ElementsofInternetCommunication Wewilldiscusssomeinterestingelementsofhumancommunicationontheinternet Wewilllearnabouttheevolutionofemoticons studytheabbreviationsthatarefrequentlyusedonline examineinternet relatedneologismsandjargons andexploretheenigmaticyetintriguingleetlanguage n m t k 神秘的 Linguisticallyspeaking theterm emoticon isaportmanteauofthewords emotion and icon Emoticonisalsocalledsmiley Anemoticonisashortsequenceofkeyboardlettersandsymbols usuallyemulatingafacialexpression thatcomplementsatextmessage Emoticonreferstoaformationoftextcharactersthat typicallyrepresentsafacialexpressionorsuggestsanattitudeoremotionandthatisusedespeciallyincomputerizedcommunications p t m nt u Emoticonplaysanimportantroleinhumancommunicationontheinternet Popularcommunicationtoolssuchasemails instantmessagingsoftware chatrooms andonlinediscussionboardsaremostlytext based Nonetheless itcanbequitedifficulttousewordsalonetoexpressemotions moods andattitudesthatareusuallyconveyedbyfacialexpressionsandbodygesturesintherealworld Today emoticonshavebeenwidelyadoptedbyinternetusers Exceptforveryformalcommunicationsuchasgovernmentalcorrespondencesandofficialbusinesse letters Asian verticalemoticon Graphical animatedemoticon Historyofemoticon Western horizontalemoticon Content03 Content02 western horizontalemoticon ProbablybecausetheemoticonsthatDr Fahlmanproposedarewrittenfromlefttoright thesamedirectionsmostWesternwritingsystems thisformofemoticonisoftenreferredtoasWesternEmoticon Taketheorthodoxemoticon asanexamplehere Thecolonrepresentstheeyes thehyphenisforthenose andtheparenthesisisforthemouth Furthermore thehyphenmaybeomittedtoformasimpleremoticon p r n s s Someofthemostcommonlyusedonesareprovided smile frown sadnessorsympathy somewhatunhappy discontentorundecided confusedorunsurewhattosay wink Por ptonguestickingout jokeorsarcasm Dwidegrin B or8 hassunglasses lookingcool oor Oexpressessurprise x Ishouldn thavesaidthat sheddingatearofbeauty sadness o or o largernose usuallymeanstongue in cheek or loweredeyebrow s evilormean adevil0 halooverthehead goodorbenevolent anangel innocent Asian verticalemoticon Althoughthepreciseoriginhasnotbeenestablished itisgenerallybelievedthatJapanesecomputerusersindependentlyinventedanotherformofemoticonin1986 becauseofitsEasternorigin thisformofemoticonisoftenreferredtoasAsianEmoticonorJapaneseEmoticon Thisformofemoticonisinverticalformat o Someofthemostcommonlyusedonesareprovided smiley content or wink angry frustrated o laughingmaniacally m na k li o veryexcited raisinghandsintotheair dazedo OorO oconfusedsurprise oneeyeraised 0or0 or yeah right small hiding discreet intimidated thinkingaboutmoneyx xdeadorknockedout Content03 Thewidepopularityofmultimedia enabledonlinediscussionsystemsandinstantmessagingsoftwaresuchasYahoo Messenger andAOLInstantMessengerhavegivenrisetonewbreedsofemoticons graphicalandanimatedemoticons Thesenewemoticonsarecolorfulgraphicsoranimatedimagesthatmorevividlyandinterestinglyrepresenthumanemoticonsandgestures Graphical animatedemoticon ElementsofInternetCommunication Anotherimportanttraitofonlinecommunicationistheheavyusageofabbreviations specificallyInternet relatedabbreviations Usingabbreviatedwordsratherthanthefullformscanreducetheamountoftypingrequiredandspeedupthecorrespondenceprocess Mostoftheabbreviationsareacronymsandinitialisms whichareformedusingtheinitiallettersofwordsorwordcomponentswithinphrases Someoftheabbreviationsareformedbyusingnumeralsandlettersthatresemblethepronunciationofwordsorwordsegments Forinstance 4 maybeusedinplaceofthe four or fore sound and B maybeusedforthe be sound B4 thuscanstandfortheword before Someofthemostcommonlyusedonesareprovided AAMOFasamatteroffactADNanydaynowAFAIAasfarasI mawareAFAICasfarasI mconcernedAFAIKasfarasIknowAFKawayfromkeyboardASAPassoonaspossible BBDbasicallybraindeadBBLbebacklaterBCNUbeseeingyouBfboyfriendBFNbyefornowBTWbytheway CUseeyou asin CUtomorrow CULseeyoulater orCUL8R DEBdon tevenbotherDGTdon tgothereDHdearheart orhusband EM F BIexcuseme for buttingin干涉FWIWforwhatit sworth GD R grinning duckingandrunninggfgirlfriendHTHhopethishelps ICIseeIDKIdon tknowIMOinmyopinionJKjustkidding KWIMknowwhatImean L8rlaterLOLlaughingoutloudNBDnobigdealNP npnoproblemOICoh Isee OOTQoutofthequestionPOVpointofviewRABNCreadandacknowledged butnocomment SEPsomeoneelse sproblemTIAthanksinadvanceTTULtalktoyoulaterWBwelcomeback WRTwithregardstoYGLTyou regonnalovethis ElementsofInternetCommunication BecausetheInternetisforeverevolvingandadvancing newconceptsandnewtechnologiesareinventedandadoptedonaregularbasis Astheresults Internet relatedneologismsandtechnicaljargonsarecoinedeveryyear Someofthesewordsaremerelyoldwordsgivennewmeanings whileothersarecompletelynewwordsthatdidnotexistintheEnglishlexiconbefore Someofthesenewtermsgainpopularitybutsomefadeawayquickly onlyafewareofficiallyacceptedintomain streamdictionaries Thepopularizationofmanyoftheneologismsandjargonsusuallyresultinclustersofnewderivative d r v t v words Forexample theterm blog referstoawebsitethatcontainsjournals shortessays photos andotherinformationprovidedbytheowner Inadditiontoemoticons abbreviations neologisms andtechnicaljargons youmayalsoencounteranenigmatic n m t k andcomplexwritingsystemcalled leet or 1337 leet AccordingtothereportbyBBC leetwasinventedduringtheearly1980 sbycomputerhackerswhodidnotwanttheironlinecommunicationtobepickedupandunderstoodbyoutsiders Thename leet isderivedfromtheword elite andthewritingsystemisalsooftenreferredtoas leetspeak or 13375p34k leet Morespecifically leetisatypeofcomputerslangthatusesvariouscombinationsofnumbers letters andothersymbolstorepresenttheoriginallettersofEnglishwords AnyEnglishwordcanusuallybeexpressedinalargenumberofwaysusingawidearrayofleetsubstitutions leet Anotherinterestingfeatureofleetisthedeliberatemiss spellingofcertainwords Forexample theword own as pwn Furthermore leethasspecialsuffixessuchas x0r or z0r thatcanbeappendedtoregularwordsinasimilarmatteras er and or intheEnglishlanguageareused Forinstance theleetword h4xxor refersto hacker and 14vv1zor for lawyer leet AlthoughleetisindeedusedontheInternet thereisnoneedforyoutobecomefluentinthiscryptic language Quiz Theterm emoticon isderivedfrom A emotionandcontactB emotionandcommunicationC emotionandiconD emotionandin