[Air-L] What is web culture?

[Christian Nelson]

I haven't been following this thread, but saw this short note and it  
struck a chord. Particularly the statement that our modes of  
interaction "shape" the resultant culture. First question: Do all  
interactions result in a culture (or the alteration of one)? Second:  
Do communication modes "shape" interaction or set boundaries for them  
based on (participants perceptions of) what they afford (in Gibson's  
sense)? Third, assuming that communication modes set boundaries  
rather than shape interaction, do differences in boundaries  
necessarily (or ever) result in differences in culture?

--Christian Nelson

On Jan 18, 2008, at 3:08 AM, Marj Kibby wrote:

> If there were people who regularly interacted in your toolshed they
> would develop a 'toolshed' culture - a set of practices, beliefs and
> understandings shaped by their mode of interaction.
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> Faculty of Education and Arts
> The University of Newcastle,  Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
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>>>> Mary-Helen Ward <mhward at usyd.edu.au> 01/18/08 6:51 PM >>>
> If I had a toolshed it wouldn't have any people interacting in it ...
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