Denise, I'm not sure if there's a book out yet, but Lori Kendall (at SUNY Purchase and likely on the AIR list) did fantastic work on friendship and masculinity in online environments. I don't know the precise cite, but it's something like, "hanging out in the virtual pub" best, mary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary L. Gray <mlgray@ucsd.edu> Department of Communication University of California, San Diego vox: 502/451.5003 mail: PO Box 4004, Louisville, KY 40204 http://weber.ucsd.edu/~mgray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: <denisecarter@denisecarter.net> Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:57:08 +0100 To: <air-l@aoir.org> Subject: [Air-l] Friendship/Kinship Articles
Does anyone know of any articles on friendship particularly (or kinship also). I am 'doing ethnography' in an online community (from a Social Anthropological viewpoint) and my data is driving me to look at friendship as perhaps a more flexible bond than kinship. In some cases friendship seems to be the precursor to the adoption of familial roles' as in ..."she's my cybermom". Strong friendship ties appear to be a major part of the social relations that are being negotiated in this particular online community. I didn't want to lose myself in trawling through all the kinship literature.
thanks a lot Denise
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary L. Gray <mlgray@ucsd.edu> Department of Communication University of California, San Diego vox: 502/451.5003 mail: PO Box 4004, Louisville, KY 40204 http://weber.ucsd.edu/~mgray ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: <denisecarter@denisecarter.net> Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 08:57:08 +0100 To: <air-l@aoir.org> Subject: [Air-l] Friendship/Kinship Articles
Does anyone know of any articles on friendship particularly (or kinship also). I am 'doing ethnography' in an online community (from a Social Anthropological viewpoint) and my data is driving me to look at friendship as perhaps a more flexible bond than kinship. In some cases friendship seems to be the precursor to the adoption of familial roles' as in ..."she's my cybermom". Strong friendship ties appear to be a major part of the social relations that are being negotiated in this particular online community. I didn't want to lose myself in trawling through all the kinship literature.
thanks a lot Denise