Explains listservs (services to which subscribers may send communications for distribution to all other subscribers to the listserv) that are available through e-mail on the Internet; how they differ from newsgroups; how to host your own list; different types of lists, including open lists, controlled lists, and moderated lists; and how to…

Describes and explores the activities of members of a listserv group in their efforts to defend bilingual education in Arizona. Attempts to delineate ways in which such a "virtual" group develops the cohesion it requires to sustain its activities in the absence of direct, face-to-face contact. (Author/VWL)

Presents a case study that outlines the growth and development of TECHWR-L, a listserv for professional technical communicators. Discusses some of the more controversial aspects of the list. Outlines how TECHWR-L, or some other focused forum, could prove an even more valuable resource for the profession. (RS)

Describes briefly e-mail and listservs. Discusses the promise and perils of e-mail for teacher-student electronic communication, and shows how listservs can provide solutions for e-mail problems involving communicating with large groups of students. (SR)

Discusses newsgroups, listservs, and Web-based discussion groups. Highlights include major categories of international USENET discussion groups; newsgroups versus mailing lists; newsreaders; news servers; newsgroup subscriptions; newsgroups versus Web discussion groups; linking newsgroups, mailing lists, and the Web; and setting up a news host. A…

Discusses computer-mediated communications for linking educators conducting research and educational activities and describes the development and evaluation of the DR-ED listserv for medical education. Evaluation includes a subscriber demographic profile, a content analysis of the messages posted, and a subscriber survey. (Author/LRW)

Describes a study that analyzed 14 electronic lists or newsgroups in library and information science to find out which topics of discussion are dominant and which functions are performed by the messages posted. It also introduced students to this type of professional communication and to content analysis as a research method. Contains 51…

Compares two extended interactions that took place on the Internet, one from an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel and the other from an academic listserv discussion group. Discusses the gender dynamics which are characterized as harassment of female by male participants and presents a rhetorical analysis. (Contains 64 references.) (Author/LRW)

Emoticons are visual cues formed from ordinary typographical symbols that when read sideways represent feelings or emotions. Because the use of electronic mail eliminates the visual cues such as head nodding, facial expressions, posture, and eye contact found in face-to-face conversation, electronic mail users often incorporate emoticons as visual…

This document is a printed copy of the Web site written to educate Internet users about potential risks associated with communication over the Internet, and to suggest precautions to reduce those risks. An Introduction highlights why users should care about privacy on the Internet, activities that can reveal personal information to others, and…

Educators need to better understand how Internet discussion boards can be used in their classrooms. The process of trying to learn more about potential efficacy of a merger of two potent education tools (Learning or Literature Circles and online discussion boards) is currently underway. A large research study has been designed to examine the…

Describes participation in scholarly electronic forums, or discussion groups, and discusses the implications of such participation for scholars' social networks. Results of an e-mail survey are discussed, data from listserv archives are examined, and future research is suggested. (Contains nine tables.) (Author/LRW)

Provides pieces of an interaction sequence enacted on an academic hotline, and a fairly casual analytic pass at them, as framing for some issues that deserve attention in the language and social interaction field. (Author/VWL)

Examines the use of chaos theory in modelling time series data generated by computer-mediated communication (CMC). Data generated by CMC discussion groups are examined for the presence of chaotic behavior and to assess the variance which can be accounted for by the deterministic mechanism. (Author/LRW)

Describes listservs as communities of individuals who come together on the Internet based on a common interest. Highlights include types of listservs, including those based on specific subjects, supporting products, goal-oriented, disseminating information, and friendship; e-mail filters; lists in the information industry; content quality; privacy…