- News groups or User groups form another large part of internet
- Here people with common interests are able to share ideas.
- Basically a user group is established.
- People then post messages into this user group.
- These messages may then be responded to by further "public" messages.
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![[connecting to a newsgroup]](../../v2gr/v2gr_sw/in_new1.gif)
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- Newsgroups are similar to mailing lists in that they allow specific discussions on
particular topics.
- They go several steps further, though, by taking the discussion to a specific place (the
newsgroup) so that messages are not mixed with or confused with your ordinary e-mail
(Wiggen, 1996).
- By subscribing to a specific newsgroup, each time check your newsgroup mail, the server
will download the latest messages.
Free agent
![[Free agent newsgroup reader sample]](../../v2gr/v2gr_sw/in_fa.gif)
Internet news (part of Internet explorer 3.0)
![[Sample ie3.0 internet news]](../../v2gr/v2gr_sw/in_newsi.gif)
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