You could contact Janet Steinberg at Fordham, she is an expert in this area. Feel free to use my name as reference. IB ---- Original message ----

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:14:23 -0500 From: "Amanda Lenhart" <alenhart@pewinternet.org> Subject: [Air-l] development of social codes around a technology To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>

Hello AoIR list,

I'm at work on a MA thesis, and I'm searching for some literature on the development of social codes around new technologies, specifically technologies of communication. Particularly I'm looking for some historic context--how did/do things like "phone manners" evolve? How do we learn what's "rude" or "polite"? How did we decide that all caps in email means "yelling"? How localized is the development of these kinds of rules or codes? And are these codes constantly in flux or do they ever stabilize?

Any resources or places to look would be most helpful.

Thanks,

Amanda Lenhart MA Candidate Communications, Culture and Technology Georgetown University & Pew Internet & American Life Project

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