18 Jan
2008
18 Jan
'08
9:08 p.m.
On Jan 18, 2008, at 12:08 PM, Alex Halavais wrote:
While I think it may be a nice gesture to ask an author's permission before quoting them, those posting to the list should recognize that it is a public forum, and the things written here are published to the world.
Perhaps this quote is the most useful for supporting Pam's thesis (one I've been working on, too) that much of the Internet resembles face-to-face communication. Why else would Internet researchers have to be reminded that posting emails is a form of publication unless, of course, Internet posting is so pervasively considered to be something other than publishing--e.g., f2f communication.