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Russell Brown talks about newsgroups

As blogger and media commentator Russell Brown explains in this video, the Usenet newsgroups that were set up in the later 1980s provided a training ground in online discussions.

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Russell Brown, Digital media and the internet – The early days of the internet, 1990s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/43401/russell-brown-talks-about-newsgroups (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Russell Brown, published 26 November 2013.