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

[Ulla Bunz]

Amanda,
There's a book called "When old technologies were new" but I can't remember
the author right now. 

Also, I know that "hello" used to be considered vulgar and rude to use on
the phone because it's originally a duck hunting shout, at least according
to Naomi Baron.
Baron, N. (2002). Who sets email style? Prescriptivism, coping strategies,
and democratization of access. Information Society, 18(5), 403-413.

Hope this helps a little.

Ulla

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Ulla Bunz
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Rutgers University
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Email: bunz at scils.rutgers.edu
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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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