About Chat Rooms

The original chat rooms that arose with the introduction of the Internet have made drastic advancements. Now, virtually every social networking Website has some form of chat tool. Dually, innovative 3D dating Websites have revolutionized the chat room concept, allowing members to create avatars in their likeness to interact with one another.

History

Many recognize the first chat room as the AOL chat forums that gained popularity in the early 1990's. Chat rooms are synchronous or asynchronous conferencing forums. This identifies them as online forums that provide instant messaging, online forums and the ability to interact while immersing participants in graphic environments. Chat rooms have also achieved a stigma of being very dangerous locations for younger children since they can be havens for pedophiles.

Significance

Chat rooms play a significant part in promoting businesses, politicians and the ideology of the public. A large part of the success Chicago senator Barack Obama had in the American Presidential election is attributed to the flux of communication between young people in chat rooms. While their parents lack the scruples necessary to call up neighbors to talk politics, chat rooms provide computer savvy youth with the safeguard to debate and interact on very personal topics without the conversation escalating into violence. This convenience has largely been credited to why the younger generation has been much better informed than prior generations.

Potential

Cisco Systems Inc. has come out with a form of real time digital conferencing that expands on the original chat room concept. With their new "human network effect" brand, one can hold a digital conference with multiple groups in locations across the globe. Likewise, viewers of CNN's coverage of the United States Presidential election of 2008 witnessed a new hologram broadcast system. The network films anchors in a tent on location and projects a 3D hologram into the studio.

Types

Basic chat rooms are forums that provide real time chatting and different rooms based on interest.

Social networks are Websites that provide real time chatting, messaging and the creation of personal profiles. An example of these types of chat rooms can be found on Websites like MySpace, Facebook and the expansive SuicideGirl

Expert Insight

The popularity of these sites tend to fluctuate, but currently these are the hottest spots to chat. Currently the most popular chat rooms for adults are as follows: Pongo, MSN, Excite Chat, iVillage, TalkCity, Yahoo!Chat, and Lycos Chat. The most popular Teen Chat sites are: Wired Reality, Bolt, Alloy, Chathouse, Chat-Center, and Teen. The most popular kid chat sites are: Teen Chat Center, Kids's chat at Kids.com, Yabber, and Chatway. While nothing is set in stone when it comes to the internet, and websites are constantly popping up rejuvenating certain brands, those social networks that prove to be most successful all have a good grasp on real time chatting and its evolution.

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