The Ray Ozzie NY Times article for Dec 1 (thanks to Art McGee for sending it) says that email allows people to work together "mind to mind, regardless of their physical well-being. You can work with someone without prejudice, and their true talents will be shown." This is a comforting thought that many of us have proposed and written about. But it's really a hypothesis. Has any research been done in the past few years on the extent to which e-contact reduces prejudice? Please don't send me private comments or attachments; I'm away for the next 8 days and I don't want a choked in-box. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman@chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________
Dear All Thank you one and all for your highly resourceful discussions. My sincere thanks to the moderator for giving the opportunity for me to be with you. This is Sankar, business writer, who is representing Indian Online Media Forum (IOMF), in this mail. IOMF is planning to conduct a survey on (a) the impact India based online news publications have made among the consumers of news (readers/users) (b) and how effectively have they used the interactivity of new media in terms of building relationship with their customers (readers/users) and to generate content (user generated content). I need to know the details about the surveys being carried out elsewhere in this regard (primarily checking the effectiveness of media houses in utilising the Internet). We are framing the questionnaire, evaulating various survey methodologies. I shall appreciate your tips. Thanks and best regards Sankar India
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