From Chat Rooms to Instant Messenger
In short: How online talk moved from messages on shared time-sharing machines and AOL's chat rooms to buddy lists and instant messaging, where the question became who is online.
A 2:01 short film in the series “Being Social Online”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Encyclopaedia Britannica, “ICQ | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica”; Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money), “AOL | History, Services, & Legacy | Britannica Money”; Smithsonian Institution Archives, “Smithsonian Online Paved the Way for Today’s Online Offerings”; Ars Technica, “First post: A history of online public messaging”.
Sources used in this film
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — ICQ | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money) — AOL | History, Services, & Legacy | Britannica Money · View →
- Smithsonian Institution Archives — Smithsonian Online Paved the Way for Today’s Online Offerings · View →
- Ars Technica — First post: A history of online public messaging · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Encyclopaedia Britannica: ICQ | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica (Britannica Money): AOL | History, Services, & Legacy | Britannica Money
- Also: Smithsonian Institution Archives: Smithsonian Online Paved the Way for Today’s Online Offerings
- Also: Ars Technica: First post: A history of online public messaging
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