Sutton, L. Gender, power, and silencing in electronic discourse on Usenet, Proceedings of the 20th Berkeley Linguistics Society, University of California, Berkeley, 1994.  Home/Search   Document Not in Database   Summary   Related Articles

....and interactivity. We then derive predictions from the common ground model of communication to test predictions about how these parameters interact. Previous research on Usenet has tended to carry out small scale qualitative studies of specific newsgroups, their culture and their conversation [1,17]. While these studies have drawn attention to important phenomena, their specific focus means they cannot address general questions that are central to mass interaction such as the levels of communication between different newsgroups. They also cannot easily examine the effects on interaction of ....

.... not to others How long do people lurk before they first post And how is dominance viewed Why do certain people post multiple messages and how are they perceived by others for doing so Again some of these issues have been addressed in small scale studies, but more of this type of work is needed [1,17]. There are also issues about moderation and FAQ maintenance which are highly relevant for issues of group memory [2] why do certain people take on the responsibility of moderating or maintaining FAQs, and what is their motive for doing so Other issues that need to be addressed by content ....

Sutton, L. Gender, power, and silencing in electronic discourse on Usenet, Proceedings of the 20th Berkeley Linguistics Society, University of California, Berkeley, 1994.

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