Computer-Mediated Communication

Name: Computer-Mediated Communication | Linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives
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Linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives

Susan C. Herring(Editor)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Published on 26. June 1996

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COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION LINGUISTIC, SOCIAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
Table of contents
Foreword
Introduction
Historical background on CMC research
Key issues in CMC research
CMC as data
Organization of the volume
Overview of the chapters
NOTES
I: LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES
Electronic Language: A New Variety of English
1. Introduction
2. Purpose
3. Descriptive framework
3.1. Biber's multidimensional-multi-feature model (MD-MF)
3.2. The Electronic Language corpus (ELC)
4. Method
5. Results
5.1. Textual dimensions
5.1.1. Dimension 1: Informational vs. involved production
5.1.2. Dimension 2: Non-narrative vs. narrative
5.1.3. Dimension 3: Situation-dependent vs. explicit
5.1.4. Dimension 4: Overt expression of persuasion
5.1.5. Dimension 5: Non-abstract vs. abstract information
5.1.6. Dimension 6: On-line informational elaboration
5.2. Situational features
6. Extending the description
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
Oral and Written Linguistic Aspects of Computer Conferencing: A Corpus Based Study
1. Introduction
2. Collecting the data
2.1. Building a corpus of CMC interactions
2.2. Creating the CMC corpus
2.2.1. The 50 message selection
2.2.2. The full conference selection
2.2.3. Sample from full conferences
2.2.4. Spoken and written corpora
3. The textuality of CMC
3.1. Type/token ratios of vocabulary use
3.2. Results of a type/token ratio analysis across three media
3.3. The lexical density of CMC
4. Modality of CMC
4.1. Personal reference
5. Ideational aspects of CMC
5. Conclusion
NOTES
Linguistic and Interactional Features of Internet Relay Chat
1. Introduction
2. Interactive written discourse and IRC: A brief sketch
3. Some discursive properties of IRC
3.1. Addressivity
3.2. Abbreviation
3.3. Paralinguistic and prosodic cues
3.4. Actions and gestures
4. Conclusion
NOTES
Functional Comparison of Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Decision Making Interactions
1. Introduction
2. Data collection
3. Data analysis
3.1. The structure of decision-making interactions
3.2. The role of markedness in decision structures
3.3. Functional categories and the organization of the coding system
4. Results
5. Conclusions
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Two Variants of an Electronic Message Schema
1. Introduction
2. Data and methodology
2.1. Data
2.2. Methodology
3. The basic electronic message schema
3.1. Recurrent macrosegments
3.1.1. Epistolary conventions
3.1.2. Introductions
3.1.3. Body
3.1.4. Close
3.2. The basic electronic message schema
4. Gendered variants of the basic schema
4.1. The aligned variant
4.2. The opposed variant
4.3. Gender vs. list norms
4.4. Gender vs. discussion topic
5. Summary and conclusion
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
II: SOCIAL AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES
Managing the Virtual Commons: Cooperation and Conflict in Computer Communities
1. The problem of cooperation
2. The Usenet
3. Social dilemmas in cyberspace
4. Managing the virtual commons
4.1. Group size and boundaries
4.2. Rules and institutions
4.3. Monitoring and sanctioning
5. Conclusions
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
Our Passionate Response to Virtual Reality
1. Introduction
1.1. MUDs and MOOs
1.2. Virtual sex
2. What happens in VSex? Protocols of sex in the virtual environment
2.1. Descriptions
2.2. Behavior and "netiquette
2.3. Privacy
2.4. Sexual interactions and orientations
2.5. Erotic enhancement
3. On-line sexual issues
3.1. Examination of gender roles and preferences
3.2. Increasing awareness and compassion on gender-related issues
3.3. Examination of the mechanics of individual attraction and love
3.4. Freedom of expression issues
4. Conclusions
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
Cyberfeminism
1. Introduction
2. Liberal cyberfeminism
2.1. Liberal cyberfeminism on the Internet
2.2. Cybermasculinity meets liberal cyberfeminism
2.2.1. Conversational dominance
2.2.2. Textual harassment
2.2.3. Heterosexism
2.2.4. Physical hierarchies and the "talking penis
3. Radical cyberfeminism
3.1. Name conformity
3.2. Anti-flaming policy
3.3. Support and respect
3.4. Political correctness
3.5. Separatism and the creation of a cyberculture
3.6. Signatures
4. Conclusion
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
III: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Computer-Mediated Conversations as a New Dimension of Intercultural Communication between East Asian and North American College Students
1. Introduction
2. CMC and interpersonal relationships
3. CMC between East Asians and North Americans
4. An empirical study
4.1. Method
4.2. Results
4.2.1. Responses pertaining to Proposition 1
4.2.2. Responses pertaining to Proposition 2
4.2.3. Responses pertaining to Proposition 3
4.2.4. Responses pertaining to Proposition 4
4.2.5. Responses pertaining to Proposition 5
5. Discussion and conclusions
NOTE
Perceptions of American Culture: The Impact of an Electronically-Mediated Cultural Exchange Program on Mexican High School Students
1. Introduction
1.1. Program objectives
1.2. The CMC program
1.3. The study
2. Quantitative research
2.1. Subjects
2.2. Instrument
2.3. Data analysis
2.4. Conclusions
3. Qualitative research
3.1. Instruments
3.2. Data analysis
3.2.1. Questionnaire answers
3.2.2. Recorded Interviews
3.2.3. Student work
3.2.4. Cooperative projects
3.3. Conclusions
4. Discussion and further research
NOTES
Appendix
Visible Conversation and Academic Inquiry: CMC in a Culturally Diverse Classroom
1. Introduction
2. A pedagogical design for CMC
3. Some pedagogical effects of CMC
3.1. Sustaining computer-mediated conversations
3.2. CMC and the novice learner
3.3. A computer-mediated community
3.3.1. The dynamics of computer-mediated conversations
3.3.2. CMC and distributed authority
3.3.3. Authentic tasks
3.3.4. CMC as a tool for building academic communities
3.4. Written conversation
3.4.1. Practicing academic language
3.4.2. Practicing text structures
3.4.3. Practicing academic dialogue
4. Conclusion
NOTES
IV: CMC AND GROUP INTERACTION
Group Dynamics in an E-Mail Forum
1. Introduction
2. Questionnaire study
3. Observation study
4. Patterns of participation on WMST-L
5. Discussion
5.1. Crossing boundaries
5.2. "Groupness
5.3. Norms
5.3.1. Forms of discourse
5.3.2. Metacommunication
6. Conclusion
NOTES
Appendix
Writing to Work: How Using E-Mail Can Reflect Technological and Organizational Change
1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1. Computer-mediated writing and organizational behavior
2.2 . Writing as social dialogue
3. Method
3.1. Site and participants
3.2. Data collection
3.3. Data analysis
4. Findings
4.1. Fitting into a technology-centered culture
4.2. The role of e-mail within AIS and Telecommunications
4.3. The case of the ISDN article
5. Discussion and implications
5.1. How do people work together differently when electronic forms of communications are made available?
5.2. How do such technologies interact with the social patterns of the workplace?
5.3. How does the availability of electronic mail influence the hierarchical structures within the workplace organization
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
Appendix
The Rhetorical Dynamics of a Community Protest in Cyberspace: What Happened With Lotus Marketplace
1. Introduction: Electronic rhetorical forums
2. Background: The case of Lotus Marketplace
3. Speed of delivery: CMC focuses the message
4. Community ethos and values in cyberspace
5. Leadership in a net-based protest
6. Credibility and network information
7. A clash of communities in the cyber-forum
8. Implications for CMC and community action: Toward a rhetoric of public debate on networks
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