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Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
Volume 12(4), 2007

 
CONTENTS
 
Ellison, Nicole B., Steinfield, Charles, and Lampe, Cliff The benefits of facebook "friends:" Social capital and college students' use of online social network sites
 
  This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital 
 
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interpersonal
social structure
computer
competence
personality and psychology
 
 
Valkenburg, Patti M., and Peter, Jochen Online communication and adolescent well-being: Testing the stimulation versus the displacement hypothesis
 
  The aim of this study was to contrast the validity of two opposing explanatory hypotheses about the effect of online communication on adolescents' well-being 
 
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technologies
theory
interpersonal
europe
children
computer
conversation
mental health
 
 
Kim, Hyo, Kim, Gwang Jae, Park, Han Woo, and Rice, Ronald E. Configurations of relationships in different media: FtF, email, instant messenger, mobile phone, and SMS
 
  This study analyzes the configurations of communication relationships in Korea through face-to-face, email, instant messaging, mobile phone, and short message service media 
 
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technologies
asia
pacific rim
interpersonal
computer
 
 
Farquhar, Lee, and Meeds, Robert Types of fantasy sports users and their motivations
 
  Over 15 million people participate in online fantasy sports 
 
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theory
sports
cognition
computer
interpersonal
 
 
Erickson, Kris, and Howard, Philip N. A case of mistaken identity? News accounts of hacker, consumer, and organizational responsibility for compromised digital records
 
  The computer hacker is one of the most vilified figures in the digital era, but to what degree are organizations actually responsible for compromised personal records? To examine the role of organizational behavior in privacy violations, we analyze 589 incidents of compromised data between 1980 and 2006 
 
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computer
technologies
organizational
law
privacy
 
 
Kaigo, Muneo, and Watanabe, Isao Ethos in chaos? Reaction to video files depicting socially harmful images in the channel 2 Japanese internet forum
 
  Channel 2 (ni-channeru) is the single most widely known free access Japanese Internet bulletin board forum, with over five million people accessing it each month 
 
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asia
pacific rim
computer
technologies
ethics
visualization
middle east
military and armed conflict
 
 
Segev, Elad, Ahituv, Niv, and Barzilai-Nahon, Karine Mapping diversities and tracing trends of cultural homogeneity/heterogeneity in cyberspace
 
  Many Internet global commercial services were originally initiated in the United States and later exported to other countries, continents, and cultures 
 
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computer
technologies
intercultural
 
 
Gerrand, Peter Estimating linguistic diversity on the internet: A taxonomy to avoid pitfalls and paradoxes
 
  Both UNESCO and OECD have recognized the public policy benefit of publicizing information on linguistic diversity on the Internet 
 
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language
computer
technologies
methodology
text and writing
 
 
Paulus, Trena CMC modes for learning tasks at a distance
 
  Which communication mode(s) do experienced distance learners choose as they collaborate on tasks, and what do they talk about in each mode? How do the participants choose modes for various aspects of a task, and which phases of knowledge construction are present? In this study, case study and computer-mediated discourse analysis procedures are used to investigate transcripts and individual reflections of 10 small groups of distance learners 
 
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conversation
computer
small group roles
education
 
 
Nagel, Lynette, Blignaut, A. Seugnet, and Cronje, Johannes C. Methical Jane: Perspectives on an undisclosed virtual student
 
  We examined the ethical implications of a mythical online student with a carefully concealed real identity who took part in an online post-graduate course 
 
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ethics
education
computer
interpersonal
deception
 
 
Min, Seong-Jae Online vs. face-to-face deliberation: Effects on civic engagement
 
  Deliberation is considered to produce positive effects on public opinion, in that it exposes participants to alternative perspectives and rational arguments 
 
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public opinion
computer
interpersonal
democracy
politics and government
 
 
Ley, Barbara Vive les roses!: The architecture of commitment in an online pregnancy and mothering group
 
  This article presents an ethnographic analysis of an often-overlooked element of social capital - commitment - on Coming up Roses, an online pregnancy and mothering support group 
 
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interpersonal
computer
social structure
 
 
Schmidt, Jan Blogging practices: An analytical framework
 
  This article proposes a general model to analyze and compare different uses of the blog format 
 
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theory
computer
interpersonal
conversation
 
 
Qian, Hua, and Scott, Craig R. Anonymity and self-disclosure on weblogs
 
  Bloggers are typically cautious about engaging in self-disclosure because of concerns that what they post may have negative consequences 
 
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competence
interpersonal
privacy
computer
 
 
Miura, Asako, and Yamashita, Kiyomi Psychological and social influences on blog writing: An online survey of blog authors in Japan
 
  We conducted a questionnaire survey of personal blog authors (N=1,434) and examined two hypothesized models using structural equation modeling to clarify the psychological and social process associated with why authors continue to write their blogs 
 
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interpersonal
competence
cognition
computer
asia
pacific rim
 
 
Pedersen, Sarah, and Macafee, Caroline Gender differences in British blogging
 
  This article asks whether blogging in the United Kingdom, which started later than in the United States, reproduces the gender differences in blogging behavior and the gender inequalities in recognition that have been observed in studies based largely on U.S 
 
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europe
north america
gender
computer
technologies