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Legends on the Net: An Examination of Computer-Mediated Communication as a Locus of Oral Culture

Fernback, Jan. "Legends on the Net: An Examination of Computer-Mediated Communication as a Locus of Oral Culture." New Media & Society 5 1 (2003): 29-45. “The potential of the internet as an(sic) medium of orality is worth of scholarly reflection.” (pg. 30.). This statement is unquestionably...

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It’s Not “Human”

Following a meeting with my dissertation committee, it was drilled-in that what I am calling “Humanness”–the elements of face-to-face communication, such as visual (gesture, facial expression, attire, location, etc.), audio (voice intonation, volume, emotion, etc.), ability to be participatory...

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Dissertation Topic Detailed

As discussed in my November 25th post on Dissertation Topic - Online Video Conversations, I have focused down the topic and am moving forward. Here is an informal proposal detailing the direction I am going. As my die-hard follower(s) might notice, some of this was a portion of the ATTW proposal - t...

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