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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herring, Susan C.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond. New ser. ; 39.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--Data processing.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

90-272-8566-7

1-283-09259-X

9786613092595

90-272-5054-5

OCLC:

713010224