A blatant plug for my own work, but I've co-authored a paper about uses of mobile phones in the context of the historical development of notions of the individual. It talks about politeness in relation to morality and puts some historical context around perceptions of 'crudeness' in mobile usage, and speaks to the issue of things always being in 'flux' (or not...). Nafus, D. and K. Tracey. (2002) Mobile Phones and Concepts of Personhood. In Katz and Aakhus, Perpetual Contact. CUP. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Lenhart Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:14 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] development of social codes around a technology Hello AoIR list, I'm at work on a MA thesis, and I'm searching for some literature on the development of social codes around new technologies, specifically technologies of communication. Particularly I'm looking for some historic context--how did/do things like "phone manners" evolve? How do we learn what's "rude" or "polite"? How did we decide that all caps in email means "yelling"? How localized is the development of these kinds of rules or codes? And are these codes constantly in flux or do they ever stabilize? Any resources or places to look would be most helpful. Thanks, Amanda Lenhart MA Candidate Communications, Culture and Technology Georgetown University & Pew Internet & American Life Project _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org/airjoin.html