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NoATE 2006

NoATE 2006. Cautionary Tales from Cyberspace: Context and Culture Online. Context 1: Kim’s story. No boundaries – conceptual agoraphobia No laws – fear of crime, and fear of being a victim of crime Limited understanding of technology - technophobia.

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NoATE 2006

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  1. NoATE 2006 Cautionary Tales from Cyberspace: Context and Culture Online

  2. Context 1: Kim’s story • No boundaries – conceptual agoraphobia • No laws – fear of crime, and fear of being a victim of crime • Limited understanding of technology - technophobia. • Unlimited possibilities for personal contact – exposed and vulnerable. All of which result in genuine fear…

  3. Context 2:Jonathan’s story

  4. The tools, they are a-changin’

  5. Skills education Student without skills  Skills education  Student with skills

  6. Skills education Skills education: we need to teach students how to acquire skills and how to keep skills up to date

  7. Context 3: In my father’s house are many mansions • email • www • web forums (yahoo groups etc) • usenet • www chat rooms (with/without cam) • MUD or MOO • MSN, AOLim or Yahoo messaging (with/without cam) • Internet relay chat (irc) • Place of work intranet • Web CT (OBU or other) • BBS (bulletin board systems – now obsolete) • Civic or local community network

  8. Context 3 Don’t lose sight of the whole range of possibilities for meeting objectives

  9. Context: Summary • Cyberspace is scary • The technology keeps changing • Consider all the options

  10. Cultural Issues Culture in cyberspace is as complicated as culture in the real world.

  11. Culture 1: Gift Economy Examples • The Manchester Calendar • Prayer in ukrc: “A majority (69%) said that they do pray for others (including 10 lurkers), and 52% said they would solicit prayer.” • Herring,2005: 109

  12. Culture 1 cont Direct reciprocity is not required: each contributor adds his or her goodwill to community relationships.

  13. Using the Gift Economy • invite students, staff members and other interested people to donate additional material, supporting resources and their own expertise and discursive input • to change the way courses are resourced, not by fixed lists of print and internet resources, but in dynamic exchange and economy driven gifts.

  14. Culture: Community or what?“What kind of community is ukrc?”

  15. Wellman & Gulia (1999) • Are relationships on the Net narrow and specialized or are they broadly based?[…] • How does the Net affect people’s ability to sustain weaker, less intimate relationships and to develop new relationships? […] • Is support given on the net reciprocated? […] • To what extent are strong, intimate relationships possible on the Net? […] • What is high involvement in virtual community doing to other forms of “real-life” community involvement? […] • To what extent does participation on the Net increase the diversity of community ties? To what extent do such diverse ties help to integrate heterogeneous groups? • How does the architecture of the net affect the nature of virtual community? […] Wellman, Barry, & Gulia, Milena1999 “Virtual Communities as Communities: Net Surfers Don’t Ride Alone” in Communities in Cyberspace. Ed Mark A. Smith & Peter Kollock London: Routledge, pp.167-194

  16. Culture 3: Lurkdom

  17. Lurkdom on ukrc 1 <poster c> wrote: > "Eternal life" <poster d>, is a free gift, but we > must do our part, which means faithfulness and > obedience to "Whatsoever I [Jesus] command > you". For the benefit of any lurkers, <poster c> is as usual completely wrong. You don't need to worry.[1] [1] Message id <3A7FEAC9.17C02ABE@tnglwood.demon.co.uk>

  18. Lurkdom on ukrc 2 • Well FWIW I've encountered more support as a lurker here than in the depression ngs.[1] [1] Message id <slrn98adr7.j35.peter.scandrett@mrbusy.compsoc.man.ac.uk>

  19. Lurkdom in education The question is how we persuade • people who prefer to lurk • people whose comfort with the technology, public exposure and their own academic skills discourages them from interacting to interact…

  20. Summary Three cultural issues we must all bear in mind • the intrinsic gift economy • the fluidity of the term “community” • the phenomenon of lurking Three contextual issues • the intrinisic scariness of cyberspace • the mutability of technology • the very varied ways of communicating online

  21. Our task We are not only about the business of “electronifying the church” We are trying to proclaim the gospel anew for two generations: • those on the cusp of technological change, • those already inculturated into cyberspace. I think we can do it.

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