But the term identifies a notable behavior: harsh critique of relative unknowns, in a setting in which critique sometimes traverses greater social distance than FTF communication typically permits, and yet in which critique of intimates (sometimes even polite but engaged critique) is similarly likely to be stigmatized - enough so that it even has a name, flaming. Using that term doesn't assume media-specific differences; it encapsulates them. -eg
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Patricia Lange Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 3:36 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] null hypothesis
I cannot speak to differences or similarities between computers and other media, but I have argued taking care not to assume differences between CMC and face-to-face communication without empirical research.
For instance, I've argued that there are similarities between CMC and face-to-face talk in terms of arguments, and that by calling certain phenomena "flaming" scholars risk bracketing off computer-based phenomena as automatically different from what happens in face-to-face conversation, before empirical research is even begun.
So I argue for extinguishing the term flaming.
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_9/lange/index.html
Cheers,
Patricia Lange, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Annenberg Center for Communication
--- Sam Tilden <tildensam@yahoo.com> wrote:
Most of the research in CMC seems to "assume" differences between CMC and other media such as telephone and letter-mail.
I have been unable to find research that clearly delineates this difference. Can anyone help me here.
Sam
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