CMC: What is it?

Hello! Have you got any idea what is CMC all about? Let me give you more explanation about what is CMC the abbreviation for Computer Mediated Communication. In this technology era, you must thinking of how technologies has taking over our lives and one of the thing I want to introduce to you is the motion of people living in a technology society and information technologies around us that we use them often. Hence, I am going to spend my time today while sipping my glass of Twister juice, sharing with you what have I learned from this second class from this week. Mainly, about what those tools are, how they affect us in some of the ways we can understand conceptually what it means to have communication technology. 

CMC is a term used to communicate between two or more people who can interact with each other through different computer. However, computer is not used as much and often now. Around 90's, computers began to mushroom in the community and came the term Computer Mediated Communication because people began to get acquainted with websites, emails, and the internet at the time. Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) is any form of human communication gained or aided by computer technology. 16In addition, communication with computer media (CMC) can also be defined as communication transactions that occur through two or more related computers. Examples such as chat, instant messaging, SMS (Short Message Service), and email.

Be aware of hackers when you post something online

Besides, the rapid development of information and communication technology enables social media on internet to be used to interact with others in long distance, as in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so forth. 

Overall, the presence of CMC or internet computer in the midst of society can generate new knowledge for technology lovers especially students, adults and the Gen Alpha generation. The Internet might affect the mindset and behavior of its users and can cause various impacts for its users, both positive and negative impacts. Internet computer users have a way of looking at how to use various media and features that exist, properly and wisely to ensure CMC preserve the values, cultures and customs that have been held since time immemorial. 

Search Engine vs Database

In this week 3 class I will be sharing with all of you about this above topics. As a college student in English course programme, you surely be faced everyday with new terminology and vocabulary. When you missed the chance learning, you might be stuck in a poor position by looking 'blur' just because you used the wrong word to explain or describe something, being all confused by what your lecturer or professor talking in front of class. But, when you join this Internet Technology I am lucky to learn more how to cope with this problems. 

Examples of search engine

Are you familiar with all these logo above? In this post, you will look at the difference between a database and search engine. We will also look at how the Internet figures into this whole picture. So, what is a database? The answer is it is an organized collection of journal, magazine, newspaper and article. A database works like an index that allows you to locate articles relevant to your topic. If you go any library at local university, national library or maybe school library, they have subscribes to database services or in other words the library pays for the service. Some examples of database are the Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL), ProQuest, Academic Search Premier, PsychINFO, and Science Direct. 

Meanwhile, search engine on the other hand is a general Internet search tool that locate pretty much anything on the Web. A search engine offers basically no organization of information, no control over the information you will find. The commonly used search engines, I used are Google, Bing and Yahoo. I am sure you are familiar with the Search Engines already and probably use them everyday. Now, how does the internet figure into this? A connection to the Internet is necessary to use both a search engine like Google and a database like ProQuest. 

The internet is a broad umbrella like term and database and search engine fall under that broad term as more specific identifiers as both them need to have a connection to the Internet in order to use its functional. Hence, if you say "I used the Internet to find my source.", I think you have not really said much at all. What is more important is to know did you use a search engine like Google or did you use a database like GVRL. That is all for now and don't forget to use your Internet wisely! ✌