On-line Utopia or Emperor's new clothes? The virtualization of community through computer-mediated communication

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Foster
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
On Line

Virtual Diaspora?: Imagining Croatia On-line

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Stubbs
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
National Space ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
On Line

This article, concentrating on contemporary Croatia, explores the role of computer-mediated communication in new relationships between the homeland at war and diaspora. Computer mediated diasporic public spheres are discussed as forms of creative imaginings of a national space from diverse global sites. The text is critical of any suggestion that diasporic identifications are able to be read off, simplistically, from dominant forms of homeland nationalism. Through an exploration of the socio-historical bases of Croatian diaspora communities, and the complexities of callings from the homeland in the 1990s, a more nuanced picture of contestation emerges. A ‘netnography’ of the Soc/Culture/Croatia newsgroup reveals a dominant habitus of processes, forms and content, in particular, the construction of Croatian identity in relation to a, more or less, monolithic ‘Other’ but, also, emerging innovative currents. More work on diasporic affinities as complex, contingent, and fluid is clearly needed, with political as well as theoretical importance.

Pair interactions and mode of communication

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 27.1-27.24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Liana Tan ◽  
Gillian Wigglesworth ◽  
Neomy Storch
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Pair Interaction ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
On Line ◽  
Expert Novice

In today’s second language classrooms, students are often asked to work in pairs or small groups. Such collaboration can take place face-to-face, but now more often via computer mediated communication. This paper reports on a study which investigated the effect of the medium of communication on the nature of pair interaction. The study involved six pairs of beginner participants in a Chinese class completing seven different tasks. Each task was completed twice, once face to face (FTF), and once via computer mediated communication (CMC). All pair talk was audio recorded, and on-line communication was logged. Using Storch’s (2002) model of patterns of pair interaction, five patterns were identified: collaborative, cooperative, dominant/dominant, dominant/passive and expert/novice. The medium of communication was found to affect the pattern of interaction. In CMC some pairs became more collaborative, or cooperative. The implications of these findings for language teaching, particularly for the use of CMC in language classes, are discussed.

Pair interactions and mode of communication

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 27.1-27.24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lan Liana Tan ◽  
Gillian Wigglesworth ◽  
Neomy Storch
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Pair Interaction ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
On Line ◽  
Expert Novice

In today’s second language classrooms, students are often asked to work in pairs or small groups. Such collaboration can take place face-to-face, but now more often via computer mediated communication. This paper reports on a study which investigated the effect of the medium of communication on the nature of pair interaction. The study involved six pairs of beginner participants in a Chinese class completing seven different tasks. Each task was completed twice, once face to face (FTF), and once via computer mediated communication (CMC). All pair talk was audio recorded, and on-line communication was logged. Using Storch’s (2002) model of patterns of pair interaction, five patterns were identified: collaborative, cooperative, dominant/dominant, dominant/passive and expert/novice. The medium of communication was found to affect the pattern of interaction. In CMC some pairs became more collaborative, or cooperative. The implications of these findings for language teaching, particularly for the use of CMC in language classes, are discussed.

scholarly journals Reflections on the Distance Learning Controversy

1999 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Feenberg
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
History Of ◽  
On Line ◽  
Traditional Classroom Teaching

Abstract: Recent enthusiasm for on-line distance learning among administrators in American colleges and universities has provoked a strong faculty reaction in favour of traditional classroom teaching. Overlooked in the controversy is the long history of experimentation with text-based computer-mediated communication. This article argues that that experience has lessons for us today which may help to resolve the controversy over distance learning. Résumé: L'enthousiasme récent pour l'enseignement en ligne à distance parmi les administrateurs dans les collèges et universités américains a provoqué une vive réaction de la part du corps professoral, qui prône l'enseignement en classe traditionnel. Dans cette controverse, on oublie la longue histoire d'expérimentations avec la communication assistée par ordinateur et fondée sur les textes. Cet article soutient que cette histoire peut aujourd'hui nous apprendre des leçons qui pourraient aider à résoudre la controverse sur l'apprentissage à distance.

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