Thanks Stephen and yes it's challenging in the best Yes Minister tradition.
I know that there'll be a lot of initiatives like this that I won't be able to cover, and which are more niche media (e.g. educational, corporate ) than the generalist news/entertainment focus of the book. But not will be useful to have diverse examples of networked media - especially when they show the longevity of 'old' new media solutions. So I'll contact you off list for more about the 'K-12' channel. I haven't come across much Australian media history research on BBSs or other discussion forums. Are other linkers aware of research in this area? regards, Fiona DR FIONA MARTIN | Senior Lecturer in Convergent and Online Media Department of Media and Communications | School of Letters Arts and Media Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm 205, Holme Building A09 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9036 5098 | F +61 2 9351 5444 | M +61 428 391 122 E [email protected] <applewebdata://57C58A5E-AE4F-4726-A895-93A2D893AA28/[email protected] u.au> W http://sydney.edu.au/ CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments.Please think of our environment and only print this e-mail if necessary. On 10/01/14 1:17 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >Fiona writes, > >> Dear Linkers, >> >> For the forthcoming Companion to Australian Media .. >> http://www.scholarly.info/media/ Bridget Griffin Foley's asked me to >> write an entry about online news media, covering key historical events >> >> My question is - apart from Chips n' Bits magazine and this list, did >> anyone host or use any significant pre-1994 Australian based BBS news >> services, news groups, listservs or email newsletters? I'm looking for >> titles/services that were groundbreaking .. > > >Good on you Fiona for undertaking such a challenging task. And Link does >appear a fine place / resource for some initial research into this topic. > >Briefly, I'd want to draw your attention to FidoNet. Eg, Wikipedia notes: > >"The rapid improvement in modem speeds during the early 1990s, combined >with the rapid decrease in price of computer systems and storage, made >BBSes increasingly popular, and FidoNet along with it. By the mid-1990s >it >was possible to communicate with millions of users on tens of thousands >of >FidoNet systems around the world. Only UUCP came close in terms of >breadth >or numbers, FidoNet's user base far surpassed other networks like BITNET." > >Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FidoNet > >In Australia through the 1990's decade in the FidoNet Channel 'K-12' was >quite widely disseminated/utilized in secondary schools. There was/is 12 >or so K-12 discussion areas. I believe this comms system is still widely >used in Africa, due to its simple (modem) technical requirements for use. > >I was (and still are) the World Moderator for the "Teacher Chat" channel. > >Please get in touch if you want names and dates regarding Australian use. > >Cheers, >Stephen > > >Message sent using MelbPC WebMail Server > > > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
