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| | A Typology of Media |
 | | The result of this analysis is a typology of media which contrasts computer conferencing and other computer media with a broad array of interpersonal and mass media, including newspapers, magazines, movies, radio, television, letters, face-to-face communication, and the telephone. |
 | | Although the placements of real-time interactive and correspondence media in that typology are similar to the one developed in this chapter, the two characteristics it uses, potential recipients and potential for feedback, are insufficient to the task of differentiating broadcast media from distribution media. |
 | | These relationships are complex, and the informal typology may be easier to understand than the formal typology, but the formal typology is probably to be preferred as a better summary explanation of the relationships between media. |
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