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<P><FONT size=2>Hi,<BR>I think that abstract posting is a very good idea. So
here is my contribution - a brief abstract of an article on the webchat
interactions to be published in <EM>Sociologie du travail </EM>N°2, 2002(<A
href="http://www.elsevier.fr/html/detrevue.cfm?code=STR"
target=_blank>http://www.elsevier.fr/html/detrevue.cfm?code=STR</A>). The
article is in French and is based on the works of Simmel, Schutz,
Goffman and Garfinkel.<BR> Any comments, questions and references to
related work are wellcome.</FONT></P>
<DIV><BR><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>The Anonymous Intimacy of
Electronic Conversations in Webchats</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Julia
Velkovska<BR><BR>Abstract<BR>Using ethnomethodology and phenomenological
sociology, this paper analyses identities and relations arising through real
time written interactions in webchats. How do users constitute identities based
only on electronic writing? How can relations form, develop and last in this
context? What is specific about such electronic relations? Two kinds of data are
analysed: interviews with active webchat users and discussions recorded in the
chats. First of all, the paper establishes the link between the space-time
framework of the communication device and the form of interactions taking place.
Then, the typifications used by participants to construct their identities and
relations are examined. In conclusion, the relations in the chats are
characterized by a tension between intimacy and anonymity.<BR><BR>Keywords:
Internet, Webchats, Computer-Mediated Interactions, Social Relations,
Identities, Intimacy, Anonymity, Ethnomethodology, Phenomenological
Sociology.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>----- <BR>Julia Velkovska
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>PhD Candidate</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales - Paris <BR>&<BR>France Télécom Recherche et Développement
<BR>Direction des Interactions Humaines <BR>Laboratoire UCE <BR>38-40, rue du
Général Leclerc, 92 794 Issy les Moulineaux cedex 9 <BR>France <BR>tél. + (33)
(0)1 45 29 53 18 <BR>fax. + (33) (0)1 45 29 01 06
<BR><U>julia.velkovska@francetelecom.com</U> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>