Interactivities: Required

Please refer to at least one of these three required readings when addressing a Post-Test question in the Module 4 Discussion group:

1. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.  (2005).  Special theme double issue:  Online communities/Computer-mediated collaborative practices. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue4/

•For Module 4 discussion, I strongly recommend you read Preece and Malony-Krichmar's "Online communities: design, theory, and practice." Your other option is to choose any other article (just 1) out of the 18 available in this double issue. As well, you're more than welcome to read additional articles as part of your research for Assign 2b.

2. Rheingold, H.  (1993).  Introduction.  The virtual community:  homesteading on the electronic frontier.  Reading, MA:  Addison-Wesley.  Online edition (2005) available at http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/intro.html

•Please read the entire Introduction.

3. Wood, A. F., & Smith, M. J.  (2001). Ch. 1: Using technology to communicate in new ways. Online communication [electronic resource]: linking technology, identity, and culture.  Available only through login to U of W Library, from the E-Content collection:  http://libproxy.uwinnipeg.ca/login?URL=http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=60428

•Please read all of Ch. 1 (23 pp). Of course you're more than welcome to read any other chapters you think will be useful for Assign 2b.

Interactivities: Optional

One or more of these articles may also be useful for your Assign 2b team project:

Brent, D. (1997).  Rhetorics of the web:  implications for teachers of literacy.  Kairos 2(1).  Retrieved 22 December 2006 from
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/2.1/features/brent/bridge.htm

Chua, K. (1995).  Gender and the web.  AusWeb95: The First Australian WorldWideWeb Conference.  Southern Cross University.  Retrieved 22 December 2006 from http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw95/sociology/chua/

Ryder, M.  (2006). Spinning webs of significance: Considering anonymous communities in activity systems.  Retrieved 22 December 2006 from
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/iscrat_99.html

Smith, J.  (2000). Fan fiction cyber communities: celebrity appropriation on the internet. genre, 21: 55-62.  Retrieved 22 December 2006 from http://www.csulb.edu/~jsmith10/fanfict.html