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Computer-Mediated Communication

Computer-Mediated Communication. The Nature of Community. Today. Community, Boundaries and Symbols Defining and Justifying Problems (part 1). The ‘Myths’ of Community. Simplicity and F2F

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Computer-Mediated Communication

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  1. Computer-Mediated Communication The Nature of Community

  2. Today Community, Boundaries and Symbols Defining and Justifying Problems (part 1) Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  3. The ‘Myths’ of Community Simplicity and F2F “…the anatomy of social life at the micro-level is more intricate, and no less revealing, than among … the macro-level” Egalitarianism “…community generates multitudinous means of making evaluative distinctions among its members, means of differentiating among them…” Inevitable Conformity “suggests that the outward spread of cultural influences from the centre will make communities … less like their former selves…[this assumes that] people are somehow passive in relation to culture: they receive it, transmit it, but do not create it.” Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  4. Community Boundaries Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  5. other,outgroup ingroup other,outgroup Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  6. Symbols and Community Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  7. Symbols versus Emblems, Signs Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  8. Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore from 37signals.com

  9. Symbolic Meaning (and variation) within Communities Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  10. “ Symbols are effective because they are imprecise. … They are, therefore, ideal media through which people can speak a ‘common’ language, behave in apparently similar ways, participate in the ‘same’ rituals, pray to the ‘same’ gods, wear similar clothes, and so forth, without subordinating themselves to a tyranny of orthodoxy. Individuality and commonality are thus reconcilable. ” Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  11. Community Boundaries and Symbols “Symbols do not so much express meaning as give us the capacity to make meaning.” Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  12. Community Boundaries and Symbols Public face (symbolically simple) Private face (symbolically complex) “ ” Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  13. Some questions to consider Examples of communities in CMC and the use of symbols? How does the community define its boundaries? If there have been times when those boundaries were violated, how did members respond? Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  14. Defining and Justifying Problems (Part 1) Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  15. What makes a good research problem? Research Questions for Theoretical Development Research Questions for Practical Application Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  16. How Research is Supposed to Work How Research Really Works… Problem Method DataCollection Support or Reject Hypotheses Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  17. Defining Problems • What is an example research problem? “an interrogative sentence or statement that asks: What relation exists between two or more concepts?” • What is an example design problem? “an interrogative sentence or statement that asks: What elements of a given system affect (or might affect) the behavior(s) of users, and in what specific ways?” Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  18. Characteristics of good problems • Should state the concepts to be related clearly and unambiguously • Should be testable (or constructible)– even if you don’t test it or build it! (robertnlee.com) Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

  19. Specific Criteria for a Problem • What are we going to learn as the result of the proposed project that we do not know now? • Why is it worth knowing? • How will we know that the conclusions are valid? Computer-Mediated Communication — Cheshire & Fiore

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