Internet: Culture, diversity and unification

Journal/Book: Javnost Public. 1999; 6: PO Box 2511, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1001. European Inst Communication Culture. 53-65.

Abstract: The practice of Internet usage is ambiguous as it gives rise to both unification and diversity. This paper analyses cultural specifics of the Internet. The analysis is a preliminary work for an application of socio-historical theory of human mental development. The parameters include techniques of hypertext browsing, the status/position/rank if communicators, the influence of the Internet on communication practices such as holding the floor and turntaking rules, the way emotions are expressed, and the way the English language serves the functions of a world-wide medium.

Note: Article Voiskounsky AE, Moscow MV Lomonosov State Univ, Dept Psychol, Chair, Moscow, RUSSIA

Keyword(s): COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION

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