Hi Nancy, I've just finished writing a PhD thesis, "Kissing Bandits to cybersex: online sexual discourses and social norms" on the social norms in online communities surrounding sexual discourse. In my analysis, even though sexual discourse was banned in the FAQ and community rules, it is a pervasive and persistent conversation topic that involves a great deal of social norms that are not tied to the explicit rules in the FAQ and rules section. The norms surrounding the conversations (e.g., what is said, where, to whom and how) are based both in offline sexual norms, particularly heteronormativity, and group norms. Chrystie Myketiak Interaction, Media and Communication research group in the Department of Computer Science & Department of Linguistics Queen Mary, University of London Nancy Baym wrote:
Hi all --
Can anyone recommend a good article about FAQs as means of articulating and enforcing online community norms?
Thanks
Nancy