[Air-l] CMC vs the other stuff

[Ellis Godard]

A tremendous amount of work - some research, some theoretical, some
pre-theoretical - addresses differences between CMC and FTF interactions,
some of which (such as regarding speed and/or syncronicity) differs from
"letter-mail" and some (such as regarding lack of vocal cues, and
differences in turn taking) differs from telephone use.

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> [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman
> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:35 PM
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> Subject: [Air-l] CMC vs the other stuff
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> 
> Sam Tilden just wrote:
> 
> "Most of the research in CMC seems to "assume" differences 
> between CMC and other media such as telephone and 
> letter-mail. I have been unable to find research that clearly 
> delineates this difference. Can anyone help me here."
> 
> Someone once wrote that whenever someone asks for something, Barry
> replies: "We did a paper on this."
> 
> In reply to Sam's Q: Several papers, but mebbe not quite what 
> he wants.
> 
> 1. We have a bunch of papers in the past decade, showing 
> differences in the frequency of CMC vs phone vs FTF use -- 
> and who uses it.
> 
> Go to my site, and see the National Geographic paper with 
> Anabel Quan-Haase, the organizational analyses with Anabel 
> Quan-Haase (surprised at how few on the AoIR list seem to 
> study organizational use); the Netville stuff by Hampton and 
> Wellman; the Pew "Strength of INternet Ties" by Boase, et al; 
> the Connected Lives paper by Wellman & Hogan; the Networked 
> Households paper by Kennedy and Wellman.
> 
> 2. However, we don't have much (yet) on how it is used, and 
> nothing on differences in content and cognition.
> 
> 3. Sam also asks for letter-mail. Basically, it's only used 
> by individuals for greeting cards and a rare perfumed love 
> note. When we have data on it, it's at the bottom of the 
> Y-axis. OTOH, those studying weak ties should take greeting 
> cards seriously, even if they've gone back to postal, instead 
> of e-greetings (Why?). As I recall, there was a paper in ASR 
> or AJS about this.  Barry Wellman  
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