online communication

Internet-based discourse exchange

Online communication is the exchange of information through internet-connected devices—email, messaging apps, social media, video calls, and forums.

It ranges from instant informal exchanges We handle most online communication through Slack to formal digital correspondence.

The term encompasses both real-time interaction and asynchronous messages that recipients read later.

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medium/channel

online communicationface-to-face interaction

Communication with physical presence

telephone call · snail mail · physical presence

technological mediation

online communicationoral tradition

Culture passed by speech

direct speech · smoke signals · carrier pigeon · town crier

presence and embodiment

online communicationphysical presence

Being somewhere in body

human touch · eye contact

Family

online, communication

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G