From Eunice

1. Educational Applications of CMCS: Solving Case Studies through Asynchronous Learning Networks
http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol4/issue3/benbunan-fich.html

2. Document-centered Peer Collaborations:
An Exploration of the Educational Uses of Networked Communication Technologies
http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol4/issue3/gay.html

links for lit review

Computer-Mediated Communication: An Interpersonal Mass Medium

http://research.haifa.ac.il/~jmjaffe/genderpseudocmc/cmc.html


and..
http://www.cybercorp.net/rhiggins/thesis/higlitb.html

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http://www.google.com.sg/search?q=cache:JwFfXtopj0gJ:kitkat.wvu.edu:8080/files/3645.2.Casanova_Ana_dissertation.pdf+popularity+computer+mediated+communication++various+OR+forms+OR+many+OR+types+site:.edu+filetype:pdf&hl=en&lr=lang_en
: Analysis of CMC technologies as tools to enhance learning.

http://www.google.com.sg/search?q=cache:xMS7paP6vMsJ:www.american.edu/tesol/wpsquires.pdf+popularity+computer+mediated+communication++various+OR+forms+OR+many+OR+types+site:.edu+filetype:pdf&hl=en&lr=lang_en:
In particular, about the popularity of IM among American teenagers.

more more

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sociology culture and what not

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On to Quantitative! Tra ta ta taaaaa!! *flourish*

Like, ok galfriends, (PK included) , there's like this really awesome book we like sooo should've picked up for qualitative but like oh my God, we so totally didn't! What a bummer! *ahem* But anyway it's got a whole load of stuff relevant for our quant...so, exerpts from Computer-Mediated Commmunication: Human-to-Human Communication Across the Internet, by Susan B. Barnes. (2003) It's a very simple book to read, I think we should all have a look at it if we can. Useful. Anyway,

p.5:
"Internet genres:
-Simple e-mail exchange (similar to a phone call, two people exchange messages.)
-Mailing list/discussion group (A consistent multiple-user interaction that occurs over a long period of time. Core group members may remain the same as others join and leave the list. Over time, members can begin to bond as they share a sense of communual space.)
-Bulletin boards/forums/newsgroups (A more complicated social interaction with an increased sense of space)
-Real-time chat/IRC chat (Conversations are more fluid and overlapping because they occur in close to real time. A sense of being in the same room with other people is created. the "room" metaphor makes it easier to perceive a sense of space.
-Instant messenger (Short conversations that occur in close to real time. IMs are often exchanged between people who know each other through face-t-face situations, such as family members and friends.
-Multiplayer games/MUDs/MOOs (The use of characters and the structure of these games fosters complex group dynamics and adds a stronger element of fantasy to online interactions.)
-Webpages (In contrast to the other genres that are text=only interactions, Web pages add pictures, graphics, sounds, and movies to the Internet experience. Many Web pages are designed to present rather than exchange information. However, discussion and chat features can be incorporated into page designs.)"

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Viv's note: I'm thinking the second last category may not be so relevant, and the last one can be substituted for blogs, which as we have seen before encourage two-way interaction to some extent.
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p.17:
Definition of interpersonal mediated communication, according to Gumpert and Cathcart (1986):
"any person-to-person interaction where a medium has been interposed to transcend the limitations of time and space"

pp.18-19:
"Although CMC correspondents are physically separated, interpersonal relationships do develop through the Internet. In some instances, levels of affection and emotion that develop through CM relationships can equal or surpas face-to-face relationships. Walther (1996) calls this phenomenon hyperpersonal communication. Hyperpersonal CMC occurs when CMC 'is more socially desirable than we tend to experience in parallel FtF[Face-to-Face] interaction' (p.17)"

p.105:
"Language Usage and CMC
...A study conducted by Murphy and Collins (1997) revealed that students develop and carry out their own linguistic conventions to help them make meaning out of text-based exchanges...Students used acronyms, graphic accents, and paralinguistic cues to more clearly communicate with each other.
Murray (1991) studied office workers to explore how they use CMC. She discovered that CMC provides another communication option. Some people will use e-mail instead of face-to-face meetings or the telephone. For example, a quick, simple request for information is easily done through e-mail, but long, detailed explanations are better given in a face-to-face meeting. CMC is also a preferred method for requests for action because people do not need to spend extra time engaging in social niceties. Additionally, e-mail is more permanent and it keeps a record of the conversation. Finally, e-mail allows people to think before they reply, something that is difficult to do in face-to-face meetings. Although CMC provides another way for people to communicate with each other, communication patterns tend to follow the same gender styles that exist in face-to-face settings."

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Viv's note: There's an entire chapter here on Internet Interpersonal relationships. Excessively relevant, but I haven't looked through the whole thing yet. I'll get little bits out of it as soon as I've read it through...

Will try to find other stuff more relevant...I need time to think through our hypothesis and research questions first though. Will be Bach. I have a Handel on the situation, don't you worry. Ahahaha.