Name
Title | ||
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Inscription And Interpretation Of Text: A Cultural Hermeneutic Examination Of Virtual Community |
Abstract | ||
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People engaging in electronic exchanges can create communities-places with socially constituted norms, values, and expectations. We adopt an anthropological perspective, yoked with a methodology based in hermeneutics, to illustrate how language use both reflects and influences culture in a virtual community. Our study analyses contributions to a Usenet newsgroup. Four elements of our conceptual model-coherence, reference, invention, and intention-provide mechanisms to examine a community's texts as it engages in social interaction and knowledge creation. While information exchange and socializing are intertwined, our model allows a robust understanding of the relationship between the two. Texts are not merely vehicles for communication but serve multiple purposes simultaneously. While they transfer information, texts also provide information within a social context, and create an expanding archive of socially-contextualized information well beyond the capabilities of any individual participant. This allows groups to negotiate reputations, socialize, and define the limits of their knowledge. |
Year | Venue | Keywords |
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2003 | INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL | culture,interpretation |
DocType | Volume | Issue |
Journal | 9 | 1 |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
1368-1613 | 12 | 1.94 |
References | Authors | |
0 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Burnett | 1 | 43 | 4.00 |
| Michael H. Dickey | 2 | 52 | 4.93 |
| Michelle Kazmer | 3 | 212 | 25.25 |
| Katherine M. Chudoba | 4 | 398 | 23.17 |