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reading reflection #4 - Group Communication in CMC
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05 Mai 2009
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Computer-Mediated Communication
CMC provides a wide array of forms of group communication. If it's IRC, discussion board, mailing lists or Usenet. There are many other different names, but in fact these are the main ways for group communication in CMC.
Well, I have to say that the difference between discussion board Usenet isn't that big. It's manly that discussion boards are centralized and Usenet is not. Centralized means that the software to watch is based on the server and works with a browser. You also have moderators and admins there. In Usenet you don't have. You need a special client software to read, because on the server is plain text. Usenet was first and it exits long enough to build it's own culture. So did discussion boards. Because these cultures are different they usually don't mix.
IRC or Internet Relay Chat is a chat system which works with special server and client-software, just like Usenet. On the other hand it provides a real time communication - which is way to fast for me. IRC isn't that different from Webchat and Instant Messaging. Webchat is based on one Website and has a far smaller community. Instant Messaging is the same as IRC, but just between friends.
Mailing list is the archetype of Usenet and discussion boards. It is to send e-mails to a bunch of people and the send e-mails back to another bunch. It is not a newsletter, where you have a sander and a lot of listeners. In mailing lists everyone is sender and listener. Today it is not used often but sometimes they are the matter of choice.
All these ways of communication have their own culture, their own way of talk and their own style. It's recommended to think about the Netiquette. Some of the general guidelines of One-to-Many Communication, which I think they are important are:
Readings:
Turlow, C.; Lengel, L. & Tomic, A. (2004): Explaining CMC: group dynamics. In: Computer mediated communication. Sozal interaction on the internet (pp. 58-68). London: Sage.
Stegbauer, C. & Rausch, A. (2002): Lurcers in Mailing Lists. In: B. Batinic; U.-D. Reips & M. Bosnjak (Eds.): Online Social Sciences (pp. 263-274). Ashland (OH): Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
Christopher C. Werry (1996): Linguistic and Intaractional Features of Internet Relay Chat. In: Susan C. Herring (Ed.): Computer-Mediated Communication. Linguistic, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (pp. 47-63). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Thomas Templ 0002079
Well, I have to say that the difference between discussion board Usenet isn't that big. It's manly that discussion boards are centralized and Usenet is not. Centralized means that the software to watch is based on the server and works with a browser. You also have moderators and admins there. In Usenet you don't have. You need a special client software to read, because on the server is plain text. Usenet was first and it exits long enough to build it's own culture. So did discussion boards. Because these cultures are different they usually don't mix.
IRC or Internet Relay Chat is a chat system which works with special server and client-software, just like Usenet. On the other hand it provides a real time communication - which is way to fast for me. IRC isn't that different from Webchat and Instant Messaging. Webchat is based on one Website and has a far smaller community. Instant Messaging is the same as IRC, but just between friends.
Mailing list is the archetype of Usenet and discussion boards. It is to send e-mails to a bunch of people and the send e-mails back to another bunch. It is not a newsletter, where you have a sander and a lot of listeners. In mailing lists everyone is sender and listener. Today it is not used often but sometimes they are the matter of choice.
All these ways of communication have their own culture, their own way of talk and their own style. It's recommended to think about the Netiquette. Some of the general guidelines of One-to-Many Communication, which I think they are important are:
ZITAT
- Read both mailing lists and newsgroups for one to two months before
you post anything. This helps you to get an understanding of
the culture of the group.
- Do not blame the system administrator for the behavior of the
system users.
- Consider that a large audience will see your posts.
That may include your present or your next boss. Take
care in what you write. Remember too, that mailing lists and
Newsgroups are frequently archived, and that your words may be
stored for a very long time in a place to which many people have
access.
- Messages and articles should be brief and to the point. Don't
wander off-topic, don't ramble and don't send mail or post
messages solely to point out other people's errors in typing
or spelling. These, more than any other behavior, mark you
as an immature beginner.
you post anything. This helps you to get an understanding of
the culture of the group.
- Do not blame the system administrator for the behavior of the
system users.
- Consider that a large audience will see your posts.
That may include your present or your next boss. Take
care in what you write. Remember too, that mailing lists and
Newsgroups are frequently archived, and that your words may be
stored for a very long time in a place to which many people have
access.
- Messages and articles should be brief and to the point. Don't
wander off-topic, don't ramble and don't send mail or post
messages solely to point out other people's errors in typing
or spelling. These, more than any other behavior, mark you
as an immature beginner.
Readings:
Turlow, C.; Lengel, L. & Tomic, A. (2004): Explaining CMC: group dynamics. In: Computer mediated communication. Sozal interaction on the internet (pp. 58-68). London: Sage.
Stegbauer, C. & Rausch, A. (2002): Lurcers in Mailing Lists. In: B. Batinic; U.-D. Reips & M. Bosnjak (Eds.): Online Social Sciences (pp. 263-274). Ashland (OH): Hogrefe & Huber Publishers.
Christopher C. Werry (1996): Linguistic and Intaractional Features of Internet Relay Chat. In: Susan C. Herring (Ed.): Computer-Mediated Communication. Linguistic, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives (pp. 47-63). Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Thomas Templ 0002079
