[Air-l] suggestions for lurking researcher?

[Radhika Gajjala]

A lurking researcher should also realize that while some aspects of 
internet interaction might be unique - their tools will be tradition 
textual analysis, rhetorical analysis and conversational analysis 
tools

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>Hi all,
>
>One of my undergraduate students (and, indeed, for another class) would like
>to research message boards (as a lurker - though I've apprised her of the
>AoIR guidelines) to determine what relationship(s), if any, may exist
>between amount/kinds of information under discussion and the emergence of
>hierarchical / power structures.
>
>I just know that there must be a thousand citations out there that she
>should look at - if you have any to recommend, I'd be grateful if you could
>forward those to me.
>
>Many thanks!  And cheers,
>
>Charles Ess
>
>Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies
>Drury University
>900 N. Benton Ave.              Voice: 417-873-7230
>Springfield, MO  65802  USA       FAX: 417-873-7435
>Home page:  http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html
>
>Co-chair, CATaC'06: http://www.catacconference.org
>Co-chair, ECAP'06: http://www.eu-cap.org
>
>Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes
>Norwegian University of Science and Technology
>NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
>http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php
>
>Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23
>
>
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Radhika Gajjala
Associate Professor
School of Communication Studies
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403

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