[Air-l] Air-list

Nancy Baym nbaym at ku.edu
Wed Sep 13 16:57:10 PDT 2006 

Christian --

I think one important thing to consider here is the difference 
between receiving a list email by email vs. the digest version. The 
former allows people to hit delete or create filters, while the 
latter makes it much more of a cognitive chore (not a major one, but 
perhaps enough of one to disuade a person from bothering) as all the 
filtering must be done within a message.

Nancy

>Is it just me, or does anyone find this kinda funny. I mean, it strikes
>me a bit odd--an odd importation of face-to-face communication notions
>into a non-f2f setting--to suggest that someone can "dominate"
>discussion on an email list. Unlike f2f conversation, email list
>participants can filter the stuff they get from the list either
>automatically or by deleting any message they see that comes from a
>certain person. Either filtering method is quite easy to engage in, so
>non-use of filtering can't be blamed on laziness. Does anyone else get
>the feeling that we tend to attend to list posts in a manner similar to
>the way that we attend to topical f2f utterances--i.e, we focus on
>them, give them the floor, without discrimination. Anyone with similar
>insights?
>--Christian Nelson
>
>On Sep 13, 2006, at 6:15 PM, radhika gajjala wrote:
>
>>  I'm not sure (I dont remember if) if air was ever programmed for this
>>  or not - but I remember when I was running the postcolonial list - we
>>  configured it so that after three posts in a span of 24 hours - a
>>  member's post was automatically sent back.
>>
>>  r
>>
>>>  Hi Matthew and the Executive Committee:
>>>
>>>  One thing the Executive might want to consider is a maximum post per
>>>  day
>>>  rule. The E-Democracy email lists use that device as a way to keep
>>>  any one
>>>  person from dominating the discussion. Given that email lists can be
>>>  hijacked by one or a small group of people, thereby drowning out other
>>>  voices, threads and positions, the two post maximum helps keep the
>>>  volume of
>>>  participation somewhat more even. And even levels of participation are
>>>  important for healthy discussion and the long-term success of an
>>>  email-list
>>>  community.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Best wishes,
>>>  ~Jenny Stromer-Galley
>>>
>>>>   -----Original Message-----
>>>>   From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
>>>>   [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Allen
>>>>   Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:50 PM
>>>>   To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>>>   Subject: [Air-l] Air-list
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Dear all
>>>>
>>>>   There have been some vibrant and important discussions lately
>>>>   on air-list and I, and am sure many others, have been
>>>>   following them with interest, appreciating the time and
>>>>   effort people put into free scholarly discussion. This has
>>>>   always been the case with air-list and I hope that it
>>>>   continues in that vein.
>>>>
>>>>   All of us will be aware, after more than a decade's research
>>>>   into online communication, that from time to time, the
>>>>   freedom of the means of communication and the lack of
>>>>   co-presence can limit the effectiveness of the overall
>>>>   communicative process or produce unexpected and
>>>>   counter-productive damage to that process.
>>>>
>>>>   As has been pointed out recently on the list, air does, like
>>>>   most lists, have a stated etiquette
>>>>   (http://www.aoir.org/?q=node/5). The etiquette is
>>>>   deliberately open to interpretation so as to enjoin each list
>>>>   subscriber to think carefully about the manner and content of
>>>>   their communications via the list as well as their reaction
>>>>   to others' communications. Balancing enthusiastic, engaged
>>>>   and productively antagonistic discussion with respect for
>>>>   others and their views does not happen because of the
>>>>   etiquette but because of people's commitment to those
>>>>   outcomes, guided by the etiquette. May I ask subscribers to
>>>>   utilise this guidance please.
>>>>
>>>>   I would also remind subscribers that air-list is a service
>>>>   provided by the Association as one of the primary means of
>>>>   achieving the Association's primary objectives concerning
>  >>>  scholarship of the Internet. Management of the conduct of the
>>>>   list, including permission to subscribe, conditions under
>>>>   which subscription is permitted, conduct of subscribers etc.,
>>>>   remains at all times the prerogative of the Asssociation
>>>>   whose affairs are conducted by the Executive.
>>>>
>>>>   Finally, the Executive is currently reviewing the etiquette
>>>>   statement and will be discussing whether or not it should be
>>>>   revised and if so, in what manner, at the Brisbane Executive
>>>>  meeting.
>>>>
>>>>   Best wishes
>>>>   Matt
>>>>
>>>>   Dr Matthew Allen
>>>>   Associate Professor in Internet Studies
>>>>   President Association of Internet Researchers
>>>>   Faculty of Media Society and Culture
>>>>   Curtin University of Technology
>>>>   CRICOS Provider Code 00301J
>>>>   http://smi.curtin.edu.au/NetStudies/allen.htm
>>>>   +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 92663166 (f)
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>>
>>  --
>>  Radhika Gajjala
>>  Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
>>  School of Communication Studies
>>  302 West Hall
>>  Bowling Green State University
>>  Bowling Green, OH 43402
>>  http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik/index2.html
>>
>>
>>  For queries about
>>  BGSU's School of Communication Studies
>>  Grad program, email comsgrad at bgsu.edu
>>
>>
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