Word: chatroom
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...other cults and splinter groups use the Net to try to recruit new members, just as advertisers use the Net to sell products to consumers. Unlike TV or radio, the Net offers a very personal way to contact the audience. Some people are particularly vulnerable to email and chatroom conversations with folks they may meet in the intimate setting of the computer screen in their own den or bedroom. In that sense, the Net offers the same sort of intrusive contact with people in their homes that has made telemarketing a multibillion-dollar business. Just as lonely people often...
...other cults and splinter groups use the Net to try to recruit new members, just as advertisers use the Net to sell products to consumers. Unlike TV or radio, the Net offers a very personal way to contact the audience. Some people are particularly vulnerable to email and chatroom conversations with folks they may meet in the intimate setting of the computer screen in their own den or bedroom...