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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:53:39 -0500 From: "Ulla Bunz" <bunz@scils.rutgers.edu> Subject: RE: [Air-l] development of social codes around a technology To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>

Amanda,

Carolyn Marvin is the author.

There's a book called "When old technologies were new" but I can't remember the author right now.

Also, I know that "hello" used to be considered vulgar and rude to use on the phone because it's originally a duck hunting shout, at least according to Naomi Baron. Baron, N. (2002). Who sets email style? Prescriptivism, coping strategies, and democratization of access. Information Society, 18(5), 403-413.

Hope this helps a little.

Ulla

---------------------------------------------------- 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-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Amanda Lenhart Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 4:14 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] development of social codes around a technology

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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