March 23, 2007

High-Tech Courtship

By JOSH KELLER

A live video link connected Indonesian and American students for a global-communications course through Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis in the fall of 2005, helping them learn firsthand about topics like listening skills and culture shock.

So when Kanti Winarah, of Jakarta, sent an e-mail message to her American counterparts saying she knew the United States best through its pop music, Sean Crain, of Purdue, was compelled to write back. Pop music, he wrote, is not