Steffen Bueffel asked:

I'm a looking for key articles/ publications on ethnomethological approaches to Internet research. Are there any "classics" and/ or more recent publications you can recommend? Any help would be highly appreciated!

With a slightly broader brief than just "Internet" research, look up work by: Paul Dourish Christian Heath Paul Luff Graham Button Brigitte Jordan Andy Crabtree Lucy Suchman Also, Denise N. Rall recently asked for "a body of analysis on chat using CA techniques....", which is a similar question. I provided the following list (and I have added a couple). As I said then, some are not strictly CA, but are close qualitiative analysis. The ones that identify themselves as using some version of CA I have marked with an asterisk: Bechar-Israeli, H. (1995). From (Bonehead) to (cLoNehEAd): Nicknames, play and identity on Internet relay chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol1/issue2/bechar.html Danet, B., Ruedenberg-Wright, L., & Rosenbaum-Tamari, Y. (1997). "HMMM...WHERE'S THAT SMOKE COMING FROM?" Writing, play and performance on Internet Relay Chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2(4). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol2/issue4/danet.html Herring, S. C. (1999). Interactional coherence in CMC. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 4(4). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol4/issue4/herring.html Marvin, L. E. (1995). Spoof, spam, lurk and lag: The aesthetics of text-based virtual realities. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol1/issue2/marvin.html * Rintel, E.S., Pittam, J., & Mulholland, J. 2003. Time will tell: Ambiguous non-responses on Internet Relay Chat. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication, 13, (1) <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v13n1.htm> * Rintel, E.S., Mulholland, J., & Pittam, J. 2001. First things first: Internet Relay Chat openings. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6, (3). <http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue3/> McKay, S., & Rintel, E.S. 2001. Online Television Forums: Interactivity, Access, and Transactional Space. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication,11, (2). <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v11n201.htm> Rintel, E. S. & Pittam, J. 1997. Strangers in a strange land: Interaction management on Internet Relay Chat. Human Communication Research, 23, 507 - 534. Rodino, M. (1997). Breaking out of binaries: Reconceptualizing gender and its relationship to language in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3(3). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue3/rodino.html * Vallis, Rhyll (1999) ‘Members' methods for entering and leaving #IRCbar: a conversation analytic study of internet relay chat’. In: K. Chalmers, S. Bogitini and P. Renshaw (eds), Educational Research in New Times. Flaxton: PostPressed, 117-27 * Vallis, Rhyll (2001) ‘Applying membership categorization analysis to chat-room talk’. In: A. McHoul and M. Rapley (eds), How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings: A Casebook of Methods. London: Continuum, 86-99 -- Sean Rintel Department of Communication University at Albany, State University of New York Albany, NY, 12222 http://www.albany.edu/~er8430 ~~ Albany Aikido http://albanyaikido.com