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Kōrero: Digital media and the internet

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/mi/interactive/43401/russell-brown-talks-about-newsgroups (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Russell Brown, i tāngia i te 26 November 2013.