1. Lecture 7: Specialist Communication Channels
Communicating in the IT Industry
Lecture 7: Specialist Communication Channels
Zatil Ridh'wah Hj Darot

2. Specialist Communication Channels:
Learning objectives
Specialist Communication Channels:
Blogs
Wikis
Podcast
Video Conferencing

3. Blogs
Blogs have become a popular way to communicate using the Internet.
A typical blog includes text, photos and in some cases video (a vlog).
Twitter™ is a popular _____________ and social networking site. Twitter™ users can create entries (known as Tweets) up to 140 characters in length and share them with their ‘followers’ (people who have subscribed to a particular person’s Twitter page).
An example of a Twitter page is shown in Figure 1.7. To access Twitter’s home page, please go to Hotlinks and click on this unit.

4. Blogging is often used for social chatting about thoughts and feelings and people’s ________________
However, it can also be used for other purposes including political campaigning, education (allowing learners to share information and discuss issues), advertising, fundraising and to communicate with others during emergencies.

5. Wikis
A wiki is a ___________ which allows a group of users to work together to create and edit a series of linked web pages without having to know very much about web development.
Wikis have a number of uses, such as supporting research and education, as they make it easy for groups of users to share information.

6. Podcast
Podcasts are downloadable audio media files. They are usually related to some theme or ongoing story and can be downloaded by anyone from a website.
Once downloaded, you can listen to a podcast at any time on a computer or portable ___________

7. Video conferencing
Video conferencing (also known as web conferencing) allows groups of people who are physically remote to communicate using video and audio links.
This can ___________ and money on travel.
Video conferencing has been around for a long time and pre-dates the Internet. However, it has only become widely used since the development of efficient video compression techniques and broadband Internet.