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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781365803321

Titolo

Computer-mediated communication [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic, social, and cross-cultural perspectives / / edited by Susan C. Herring

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia [Pa.], : J. Benjamins, c1996

ISBN

90-272-8566-7

1-283-09259-X

9786613092595

90-272-5054-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond. New ser., , 0922-842X ; ; 39

Altri autori (Persone)

HerringSusan C

Disciplina

302.2/0285

Soggetti

Communication - Data processing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-308) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Electronic language : a new variety of English / Milena Collot and Nancy Belmore -- Oral and written linguistic aspects of computer conferencing / Simeon J. Yates -- Linguistic and interactional features of internet relay chat / Christopher C. Werry -- Functional comparisons of face-to-face and computer-mediated decision making interactions / Sherri L. Condon and Claude G. Čech -- Two variants of an electronic message schema / Susan Herring -- Managing the virtual commons : cooperation and conflict in computer communities / Peter Kollock and Marc Smith -- Our passionate response to virtual reality / Nancy R. Deuel -- Cyberfeminism / Kira Hall -- Computer-mediated conversations as a new dimension of inter-cultural communication between East Asian and North American college students / Ringo Ma -- Perceptions of American culture : the impact of an electronically-mediated cultural exchange program on Mexican high school students / Mary Elaine Meagher and Fernando Castaños -- Visible conversation and academic inquiry : CMC in culturally diverse classroom / Gregory G. Colomb and Joyce A. Simutis -- Group dynamics in an e-mail forum / Joan Korenman and Nancy Wyatt -- Writing to work : how using e-mail can reflect technological and organizational change / Oren Ziv -- The rhetorical dynamics of a community protest in cyberspace : what happened with Lotus marketplace / Laura J. Gurak.



Sommario/riassunto

Text-based interaction among humans connected via computer networks, such as takes place via email and in synchronous modes such as "chat", MUDs and MOOs, has attracted considerable popular and scholarly attention. This collection of 14 articles on text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC), is the first to bring empirical evidence from a variety of disciplinary perspectives to bear on questions raised by the new medium.The first section, linguistic perspectives, addresses the question of how CMC compares with speaking and writing, and describes its unique structural characteristic