Transcript Benjamin Bloom

Computer Mediated
Communication
Presented by Souhila SAHI
Juin 2014
The Target Group
• This course is addressed to the first year master students of the
option Language and Communication at the department of
English at Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou.
• Its aim is to introduce the students to the network society and
its linguistic practices by making a kind of comparison
between face to face interaction and CMC.
The Contents of the Course
1. The anthropology of Network Communities
Definition of Network Society
 Identity and Social Ties in Network Community
2.
Computer Mediated Communication and the Social Organization of On-line Communities
The definition of CMC and its Major Characteristics
The reflection of the Members Beliefs, Values and Identity in the Net-speak
3.
The Influence of CMC on natural Language
Introduction
The growth of global internet use facilitated the emergence of the
virtual communities. The latter display many characteristics according to
the members of their members, their purpose and beliefs. They are
mainly characterized by their new style in language use and a new
consideration of identity construction.
What is network community?
Social network societies are defined as
persistent, avatar-based social spaces. They enable
the participants to interact in a long term with other
participants. Forming a virtual social community,
the participants transmit cultures and meanings
using complex set of interactions by the means of
computer mediated communication.
Identity and Social Ties
in Network Community
Thompson (1987) argues that Internet has
transformed the spatial and temporal organization
of social life. It has created new forms of
interaction and gave a new dimension to the social
relations between the members of network
communities. This change has had great impact on
the social identity of the virtual inhabitants. It is
mainly seen in the expression and perception of
their social identity.
2. Computer Mediated Communication and the
Social Organization of On-Line Communities
 Definition of Computer Mediated Communication
David Crystal referred to Computer Mediated Communication as Net-
speak. The net-speak has the characteristics of type written
conversations.
2. Computer Mediated Communication and the Social
Organization of On-Line Communities
 The reflection of the Members Beliefs, Values and
Identity in the Net-speak
The members of the network community
express their social identity and gender identity
through the language they use: the acronyms and
the smiley to express their emotions, cultural
belonging and the shared values.
3. The Influence of CMC on natural
Language
The emergence of net-speak grammar has revolutionized the way
people communicate. It has brought new communicative behavior.
Nowadays , people when interaction in real context use some of
the features of the net-speak. For instance they use lol , mdr, and so on.
In the communing few years , Natural language may loose some
its features because of the emergence of the Internet which is the
invention of the century.
Conclusion
Each era in history brings changes and transformation in all
aspects of human society. The linguistic change is an important path
toward a change in social attitudes and social organization. The
emergence of Computer Mediated Communication has now
revolutionized the linguistic practices of evey connected society.
Linguistic reserach will open new perspectives in the study of
sociolinguistics.The Hopefully, this course will help you to have other
insights on the new social organization brought by the emergence of the
Internet.
Bibliography
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http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/fss/projects/linguistics/innovators/documents
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