E-mail Discussion Groups

(A I Patel) 

B. Com. - II  Semester - IV

Subject -  English. Module - V

E-Communication

Second main point

 II]   E-mail Discussion Groups  -:

Computer-mediated (मध्यस्थी)  communication (CMC) is getting popular day-by-day. There are various ways to use computer mediated communication.E-mail Discussion Group also known as email discussion forum( चर्चा करण्याचे साधन),  internet groups, mailing lists or listserv is a type of group that avails online environment for of providing, sharing, exchanging, commenting, discussing on a  certain topic within the group by using email. This group is up of people anywhere in the world who agree to communicate on a certain topic using email or internet.

You are already familiar( परिचित) with WhatsApp group or Facebook groups. Similarly, you can subscribe for, join or create an E-mail Discussion Group. For this, you must have your email Id. You can use Google Groups to create an online email discussion group. Once you sign in to Google Groups, at the top left, you will come across the option Create Group. Click it and enter information and choose settings for the group and again click on the option 'Create'. You can select your group type like Email list or discussion group by signing in to Google Groups. There if you click on the option Choose a group, at the top right you will come across the option 'Manage'. Then you can select group and can choose email list between other options like Web  forum, Q&A forum. Mailing Lists provide a convenient ( सोयीस्कर) means of message distribution giving a clear idea of purpose of the discussion group. A moderated (सौम्य करणे)mailing list includes selection for certain control, attachment, transmission, etc.

Email discussion groups can be effectively used for teaching -learning process (pedagogical (शैक्षणिक) use). These discussion groups can provide a useful dialogue between teacher (instructor) and students for collaborative ( सहयोगी)  activities like subject content discussion, unit tests, online discussion among students on the topics or syllabus, project, etc.