instant messaging media n. uses the internet to communicate in real-time by typed text with another named party or parties. It enables notes to go back and forth between established contacts who are online at the same time. Instant messaging is different from email inasmuch as it requires both parties to be simultaneously online. It is also different from Internet Relay Chat where, although the exchange of messages takes place in real time, it does so pseudo-anonymously between relative strangers. mmo
integration media n. the act or process of merging, homogenizing, or uniting people, groups, or entities. In sociology, integration refers to the merging of ethnic, religious, or economic minorities with the social mainstream. This process involves the acceptance by the minority of common values, laws, and language and it may allow the minority access to opportunities, services, and rights. SJ
