On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, Barry Wellman wrote:
Indeed, my hunch is that each communication form adds on to the other, rather than displacing it, which is why I never get much writing done (today's excusive, anyway).
A lot of journalists looking for a 'story' appear to miss the fact that 'netizens' are fairly good at media-switching and using media that suit a particular purpose (which in a way is also the un*x philosophy). As you just mentioned there is a difference between what we try to communicate on tweets and on mailing lists (just to name these two). Those who know don't need a one-fits-all (in fact we value diversity). I think it was Steve Whittaker who pointed out this kind of purpose-driven media switching when analyzing the emerging use of instant messengers in corporate settings some 10 years ago (happy to search for the paper if of interest) best regards christopher -- Dr. Christopher Lueg Professor of Computing University of Tasmania Private Bag 100 Hobart TAS 7001, Australia christopher.lueg@utas.edu.au http://www.cis.utas.edu.au/users/clueg/ CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B