Computer Mediated Discourse
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Publicado: 25 de octubre de 2011
Alberto Ramírez ID: 21681643 p.1
Computer Mediated Discourse
During the explosive growing of the Internet in the 90s, it became accessible to most people all around the world. Opening this way a new era in human communication allowing people with common interests keep in touch and share information, creating this way huge social networks, which with time developed their own slang, and nowtheir Computer Mediated Discourse (CMD) is changing our discourse outside Internet. Nowadays most people belong to at least two social networks, name them school, job, internet forum, blog, etc. Since this essay wants to probe the influence of the CMD on the not computer mediated discourses, it only focuses on the interaction between people who belong to or is in contact with an off-line socialnetwork and an on-line social network. Before going any further it is important to demonstrate that on-line communities are social networks in deed. According with Crispin et al 2004:112 when we are talking about a social network we are talking about some or all of the following variables:
• Being in face-to-face contact and/or having regular contact. • Having shared goals and/or producing and usingcommodities. • Having the opportunity for dialogue and social interaction. • Having a common cultural heritage or history. • Enjoying unique communal features and/or developing ‘organic’ social formations (e.g. people often like to be able to say, ‘This is the way we do things round here.’).
Taking as an example couchsurfing.com1, one of the many on-line communities, we can find on the Net. Twoquotations from this site are enough to find the variables pointed by Crispin et al.
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Couchsurfing is an internet community for backpackers all around the world, who want to share their culture and couch for a couple of days with other backpackers. Users contact each other via the website and arrange social meetings and accommodation for the ones who are traveling.
Alberto Ramírez ID:21681643 p.2 Hi Everyone, The Melbourne CouchSurfing Group is having our next CouchSurfing Zone on Tuesday, 7th October at 7p.m. Check out the CouchSurfing Zone Melbourne profile for more information and directions to get there. Come along and join us to meet old and new friends/travelers for a meal and a chat or two! Hope to see YOU there! The Melbourne Organizing Team
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Picture PostedOctober 4th, 2008 - 10:19 by Jay - Джей - Anderson from Melbourne, Australia (Permalink) I'll probably be there around 8-ish ... who else is thinking of coming along? :) j
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by Andréa Forsberg from Umea, Sweden (Permalink) That sounds fun, count me in=)
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by FRAN76 from Rome, Italy (Permalink) Hi everybody! I am newto this city and I am looking forward to my first Cs meeting in Melb!! I will check this post again on Tue to make sure it is actually happening... : D C u soon!!
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by Shell Stammers from Melbourne, Australia (Permalink) I may or may not drop by. Heh.
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by Jarrod Pickford from Melbourne, Australia (Permalink)Hellloooo Everyone! I've just returned from my travles and looking to play in the Melbourne Cs world again, so I'll try and pop along tuesday night. Yieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Ill check back in tuesday. Jarrod
(http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=707&post=1639857)
Alberto Ramírez ID: 21681643 p.3 THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE TERMS ON WHICH COUCHSURFING INTERNATIONAL, INC. OFFERS YOU ACCESSTO OUR SITE AND SERVICES.
Welcome to the Web site operated by CouchSurfing International, Inc. ("we," "us"), a New Hampshire non-profit corporation. We maintain this Web site, couchsurfing.com (our "Site"), as a service to our visitors (our Site and such services, collectively, our "Services"). By using this Site, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the following terms of use...
Computer Mediated Discourse
During the explosive growing of the Internet in the 90s, it became accessible to most people all around the world. Opening this way a new era in human communication allowing people with common interests keep in touch and share information, creating this way huge social networks, which with time developed their own slang, and nowtheir Computer Mediated Discourse (CMD) is changing our discourse outside Internet. Nowadays most people belong to at least two social networks, name them school, job, internet forum, blog, etc. Since this essay wants to probe the influence of the CMD on the not computer mediated discourses, it only focuses on the interaction between people who belong to or is in contact with an off-line socialnetwork and an on-line social network. Before going any further it is important to demonstrate that on-line communities are social networks in deed. According with Crispin et al 2004:112 when we are talking about a social network we are talking about some or all of the following variables:
• Being in face-to-face contact and/or having regular contact. • Having shared goals and/or producing and usingcommodities. • Having the opportunity for dialogue and social interaction. • Having a common cultural heritage or history. • Enjoying unique communal features and/or developing ‘organic’ social formations (e.g. people often like to be able to say, ‘This is the way we do things round here.’).
Taking as an example couchsurfing.com1, one of the many on-line communities, we can find on the Net. Twoquotations from this site are enough to find the variables pointed by Crispin et al.
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Couchsurfing is an internet community for backpackers all around the world, who want to share their culture and couch for a couple of days with other backpackers. Users contact each other via the website and arrange social meetings and accommodation for the ones who are traveling.
Alberto Ramírez ID:21681643 p.2 Hi Everyone, The Melbourne CouchSurfing Group is having our next CouchSurfing Zone on Tuesday, 7th October at 7p.m. Check out the CouchSurfing Zone Melbourne profile for more information and directions to get there. Come along and join us to meet old and new friends/travelers for a meal and a chat or two! Hope to see YOU there! The Melbourne Organizing Team
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Picture PostedOctober 4th, 2008 - 10:19 by Jay - Джей - Anderson from Melbourne, Australia (Permalink) I'll probably be there around 8-ish ... who else is thinking of coming along? :) j
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by Andréa Forsberg from Umea, Sweden (Permalink) That sounds fun, count me in=)
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by FRAN76 from Rome, Italy (Permalink) Hi everybody! I am newto this city and I am looking forward to my first Cs meeting in Melb!! I will check this post again on Tue to make sure it is actually happening... : D C u soon!!
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by Shell Stammers from Melbourne, Australia (Permalink) I may or may not drop by. Heh.
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Picture Posted 2 days ago by Jarrod Pickford from Melbourne, Australia (Permalink)Hellloooo Everyone! I've just returned from my travles and looking to play in the Melbourne Cs world again, so I'll try and pop along tuesday night. Yieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Ill check back in tuesday. Jarrod
(http://www.couchsurfing.com/group_read.html?gid=707&post=1639857)
Alberto Ramírez ID: 21681643 p.3 THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE TERMS ON WHICH COUCHSURFING INTERNATIONAL, INC. OFFERS YOU ACCESSTO OUR SITE AND SERVICES.
Welcome to the Web site operated by CouchSurfing International, Inc. ("we," "us"), a New Hampshire non-profit corporation. We maintain this Web site, couchsurfing.com (our "Site"), as a service to our visitors (our Site and such services, collectively, our "Services"). By using this Site, you agree to comply with and be legally bound by the following terms of use...
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