[Air-l] null hypothesis

[Patricia Lange]

Many assume the term is used for relative unknowns
when in fact they may not be as unknown to each other
as the outside researcher might assume--again this is
a major problem with the term and is an empirical
question. 

--- Ellis Godard <egodard at csun.edu> wrote:

> But the term identifies a notable behavior: harsh
> critique of relative
> unknowns, in a setting in which critique sometimes
> traverses greater social
> distance than FTF communication typically permits,
> and yet in which critique
> of intimates (sometimes even polite but engaged
> critique) is similarly
> likely to be stigmatized - enough so that it even
> has a name, flaming. Using
> that term doesn't assume media-specific differences;
> it encapsulates them.
> 
> -eg
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org 
> > [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf
> Of Patricia Lange
> > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:36 PM
> > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] null hypothesis
> > 
> > 
> > I cannot speak to differences or similarities
> between
> > computers and other media, but I have argued
> taking
> > care not to assume differences between CMC and
> > face-to-face communication without empirical
> research.
> > 
> > For instance, I've argued that there are
> similarities
> > between CMC and face-to-face talk in terms of
> > arguments, and that by calling certain phenomena
> > "flaming" scholars risk bracketing off
> computer-based
> > phenomena as automatically different from what
> happens
> > in face-to-face conversation, before empirical
> > research is even begun.
> > 
> > So I argue for extinguishing the term flaming.
> > 
> >
>
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_9/lange/index.html
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Patricia Lange, Ph.D.
> > Postdoctoral Fellow
> > Annenberg Center for Communication
> > 
> > --- Sam Tilden <tildensam at yahoo.com> 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.
> > >    
> > >   Sam
> > > 
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