Questions about the Web as a Medium

• How is the Web different than other media?

  Human: Mediated:

  Face-to-Face Small group Large group Print Radio TV

  Web

• How is the Web unique as a medium?
  • Time (constraints, characteristics, etc):
  • Audience (composition, perception, use, etc):
  • Content (type, etc):
• How is the Web changing communication?
  • Social:
  • Commercial:
  • Political:
  • Cultural:
• What does all this imply for Web development?