11 Jan
2002
11 Jan
'02
2:31 p.m.
Nancy White wrote:
I'm wondering about the distinction between "Flame Wars" and the ongoing occurrence of conflict in online group interactions. Heck, conflict happens. Sometimes it escalates to what would be an argument F2F. Is that a flame war? Or is that a relic of previous time.
Nancy's reflections make me wonder why there is even such a term as "flame" and "flame war"--a question that might be answered in part by the history of this term. Anyone know how these terms initially arose in discourse re: CMC? Thanks, for any info. Christian Nelson