[Air-l] development of social codes around a technology

[Chheng Hong]

Hi,

Here are two references I have read so far. Hope it is useful to you.

Martin, M. (1991). Chapter 6: The culture of telephone. In "/Hello, 
Central? Gender, technology and culture in the formation of telephone 
systems/" (pp. 140-166): McGill-Queen's University Press.

Fisher, C. S. (1992). Chapter 3: Educating the public. In /"America 
calling: a social history of the telephone to 1940"/ (pp. 60-85): 
University of California Press.

Sincerely,
Chheng Hong Ho

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Chheng-Hong Ho
graduate student
Department of communication
State University of New York at Buffalo
http://schoolof.info/rolcoco
email: cho5 at buffalo.edu

Amanda Lenhart ??:

>Hello AoIR list,
>
>I'm at work on a MA thesis, and I'm searching for some literature on the
>development of social codes around new technologies, specifically
>technologies of communication. Particularly I'm looking for some
>historic context--how did/do things like "phone manners" evolve? How do
>we learn what's "rude" or "polite"? How did we decide that all caps in
>email means "yelling"? How localized is the development of these kinds
>of rules or codes? And are these codes constantly in flux or do they
>ever stabilize?
>
>Any resources or places to look would be most helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Amanda Lenhart
>MA Candidate
>Communications, Culture and Technology
>Georgetown University
>& 
>Pew Internet & American Life Project
>
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