I've been collecting some literature on online norms, especially in group interaction. I want to look specifically at a group's reaction to such violation. I have a lot of the "flaming" literature, especially that which comes out of communication research. I also have a few "interactional norms" pieces (i.e., Postmes 2000) that are related to impression making. I'm aware of a couple of famous cases (such as the guy deleting all his email in the WELL, or the LambdaMoo "rape" case). I'm looking for additional work that examines specifically how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms in the long term. I'm sure there must be a lot of research out there on this topic, especially in the "community" research field, and hopefully in disciplines other than communication. I'd also love to hear about non-US incidents (I read German and French), and though the research I'm aware of is all about email, the web, and usenet, I'd love to hear about other interactional media in which norm violation took place. To many of you this might seem like an obvious question and you're pulling your hair, thinking, "how come she doesn't know about this stuff," but I would really appreciate some help to add to my current literature review. Any pointers as to how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms would be much appreciated. Please send your advice Off List to me personally at bunz@scils.rutgers.edu, and I will make sure I compile a summary to be posted here (rather than clogging up everyone's mailbox with lots of messages). Thanks so much in advance! Ulla ********************** Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 bunz@scils.rutgers.edu **********************
Hi all: I believe this might of interest to you.... POLITICS OF CODE - SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE NEXT INTERNET Conference at the University of Oxford, 6th February 2003 The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy and the Oxford Internet Institute are convening a conference "Politics of Code - Shaping the Future of the Next Internet" to be held in Oxford on February 6th 2003. Speakers will include Prof. Larry Lessig and Esther Dyson. To register and find more information please go to, www.codepolitics.info ### Please forward this email to anybody who you think might be interested ### Christian.Ahlert@wolfson.oxford.ac.uk Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy Oxford University
Dear Ulla, (and others who might be interested) May I promote two doctoral theses from Sweden? I am afraid that you will have to contact the authors personally. One is about norms in using a "MUD" (The Swedish Mud, Svenskmud), the other about norms in a chat channel. Here are the authors: Svenskmud: Daniel Pargman: pargman@nada.kth.se Chat: Malin Sveningsson: malisven@kau.se> All the best, Yvonne
I've been collecting some literature on online norms, especially in group interaction. I want to look specifically at a group's reaction to such violation. I have a lot of the "flaming" literature, especially that which comes out of communication research. I also have a few "interactional norms" pieces (i.e., Postmes 2000) that are related to impression making. I'm aware of a couple of famous cases (such as the guy deleting all his email in the WELL, or the LambdaMoo "rape" case).
I'm looking for additional work that examines specifically how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms in the long term.
I'm sure there must be a lot of research out there on this topic, especially in the "community" research field, and hopefully in disciplines other than communication. I'd also love to hear about non-US incidents (I read German and French), and though the research I'm aware of is all about email, the web, and usenet, I'd love to hear about other interactional media in which norm violation took place.
To many of you this might seem like an obvious question and you're pulling your hair, thinking, "how come she doesn't know about this stuff," but I would really appreciate some help to add to my current literature review.
Any pointers as to how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms would be much appreciated.
Please send your advice Off List to me personally at bunz@scils.rutgers.edu, and I will make sure I compile a summary to be posted here (rather than clogging up everyone's mailbox with lots of messages).
Thanks so much in advance! Ulla
********************** Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 bunz@scils.rutgers.edu **********************
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A couple of weeks ago I asked for advice on literature on how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms. (see below) I received the following, helpful suggestions. Thanks! Ulla Adam Joinson suggests: Joinson, A.N. and Dietz-Uhler, B. (2002). Explanations for the perpetration of and reactions to deception in a virtual community. Social Science Computer Review, 20 (3), 275-289. Stine Gotved writes: I wrote my Ph.D. (in Danish) about an online case study (conducted in 1996) from a newsgroup (rec.arts.books.tolkien) and I took a nearly classical-Goffman approach on social interaction and the community's attempts to exclude/include especially newcomers. My paper to aoir1 (Newsgroup Interaction as Urban Life)was about the formation of social norms. You also might want to look at Nancy Baym's articles, especially the early ones from the mid-nineties. Michele Tepper (in an antology edited by David Porter, I think) takes her departure from Bourdieu and talks about social/cultural capital in the evolvement of norms visible in the so-called 'trolls'. Janet Sternberg completed her dissertation in 2001, "Misbehavior in Cyber Places: The Regulation of Online Conduct in Virtual Communities on the Internet." The dissertationis available from UMI in both printed and electronic form (PDF file) at http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3022160 Uwe Matzat writes: I just finished a short paper in German on norms in Internet groups. You can find it at http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/~matzat/papers.htm (Soziale Netzwerke und die Entstehung von Normen in akademischen Online-Gruppen) Yvonne Waern suggests two works in Swedish: One is about norms in using a "MUD" (The Swedish Mud, Svenskmud), the other about norms in a chat channel. Here are the authors: Svenskmud: Daniel Pargman: pargman@nada.kth.se Chat: Malin Sveningsson: malisven@kau.se> ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz@scils.rutgers.edu ---------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ulla Bunz Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 8:39 PM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] breaking the rules Sensitivity: Confidential I've been collecting some literature on online norms, especially in group interaction. I want to look specifically at a group's reaction to such violation. I have a lot of the "flaming" literature, especially that which comes out of communication research. I also have a few "interactional norms" pieces (i.e., Postmes 2000) that are related to impression making. I'm aware of a couple of famous cases (such as the guy deleting all his email in the WELL, or the LambdaMoo "rape" case). I'm looking for additional work that examines specifically how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms in the long term. I'm sure there must be a lot of research out there on this topic, especially in the "community" research field, and hopefully in disciplines other than communication. I'd also love to hear about non-US incidents (I read German and French), and though the research I'm aware of is all about email, the web, and usenet, I'd love to hear about other interactional media in which norm violation took place. To many of you this might seem like an obvious question and you're pulling your hair, thinking, "how come she doesn't know about this stuff," but I would really appreciate some help to add to my current literature review. Any pointers as to how a group/community reacts to norm violation and what happens to the people who violate the norms would be much appreciated. Please send your advice Off List to me personally at bunz@scils.rutgers.edu, and I will make sure I compile a summary to be posted here (rather than clogging up everyone's mailbox with lots of messages). Thanks so much in advance! Ulla ********************** Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 bunz@scils.rutgers.edu ********************** _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l@aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l
To Ulla's compiled list let me add what might be the most explicit treatment of norm breaking and community response Du Val Smith "Problems of conflict management in virtual communities" in Smith & Kollock, Communities in Cyberspace. 134-161 -- ________________________________________________________ Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org
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