Gender in Computer-Mediated Communication: An Examination of JESSE, the Library/Information Science Education Forum Electronic Discussion List

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eino Sierpe
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Diffusion Of Technology ◽  
Discussion List ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Technological Practice ◽  
And Diffusion

Rejecting technological determinism which is largely preoccupied with the effects of technology on society, gender scholars argue that social structures play an important role in the development and diffusion of technology as well as in technological practice. They also argue that technology is a multi-faceted construct and that gender is implicated in all facets. As part of a larger investigation. .

Enregistering internet language

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Squires
Keyword(s):  
Language Ideology ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Standard English ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Language Variety ◽  
Academic Scholarship ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Standard Language Ideology

AbstractThis article investigates the enregisterment of an internet-specific language variety and its features. The enregisterment of internet language is explored through several sites of metadiscourse: academic scholarship about computer-mediated communication, uses of the metalinguistic termsnetspeakandchatspeakin print media, and online comment threads about language and the internet. This metadiscourse provides evidence of a shared concept of internet language as comprising distinctive written features, primarily acronyms, abbreviations, and respellings. Internet language's enregisterment emerges from standard language ideology and deterministic views of technology, where the construal of these features as both nonstandard and internet-specific articulates the perceived distinctiveness of internet interactions. Yet empirical evidence shows that these features are relatively rare in instant messaging conversations, one form of interaction to which internet language is attributed; this discrepancy has implications for the application of indexical order to enregisterment. (Enregisterment, language ideology, computer-mediated communication, internet, metadiscourse, indexical order, Standard English, technological determinism, mass media)*

scholarly journals ‘Only Connect’? Complexities in International Student Communication

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 341-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Bell ◽  
Elena Zaitseva
Keyword(s):  
International Student ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Technological Determinism ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Student Collaboration ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Unrealistic Expectations

This article explores the potential and limitations of international educational collaboration using the concept of connection, a term with different meanings that are sometimes conflated to produce unrealistic expectations of computer-mediated communication (CMC). The authors explore the use on the Internet of the ‘only connect’ quote from Howard's End, in order to critique technological determinism and advocate an alternative approach that recognises the interpretive flexibility inherent in CMC. In a communication-rich experience such as education, the limitations of CMC are evident, particularly for non-native speakers, but the medium does offer some advantages over face-to-face communication. The authors introduce the notion of ‘cool webs’ to understand some responses to the challenges presented by international student collaboration online, illustrated by examples from the Collaboration Across Borders project.

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