The medium iChat is used for video chatting. However, unlike many other video chatting mediums like Skype and ooVoo, iChat is only for people who are Mac users. The content of this medium includes a video camera because video chatting is the main point of iChat. It also includes an instant messaging service much like AIM which allows the user to still talk to their "friends" without having to video chat. Other content that is available through iChat are sound, file-sharing, and regular phone calls.
The messages that come out of iChat include the increasing number of people who will now use video chatting. While video chatting was a brand new concepts no more than a few years ago, it is now a common activity that people of all ages are using. The fact that iChat is only available through a Mac computer will lead to many Mac users not using the other video chatting methods (Skype and ooVoo) because they have one built in onto their computer. Another message from iChat is because more people are using this technology, it becomes a part of our everyday lives and we will find it hard to live without. From personal experience with iChat, I have realized that I rely more on this technology than I thought I would, which is surprising considering I had gone sixteen or seventeen years without it and now it is something I use almost daily. Yet another message from the medium iChat is that even though the video chatting isn't exactly face-to-face, it offers a more personal way of communicating when direct contact isn't an option.
iChat is a new medium which includes content of instant messaging, file-sharing, sound, phone calls, and video chatting. With this new technology, iChat's messages will change society by increasing both the amount of people using video chatting, and their reliance on it; other video chatting options will lose business from Mac users since they will not need to download from any other companies; finally, it will add a personal touch to cyber-communication.
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