Inscription and interpretation of text: a cultural hermeneutic examination of virtual community

People engaging in electronic exchanges can create communities--places with socially constituted norms, values, and expectations. We adopt an anthropological perspective, yoked with a methodology based in hermeneutics, to illustrate how language use both reflects and influences culture in a virtual...

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Main Authors: Gary Burnett, Michael H. Dickey, Michelle M. Kazmer, Katherine M. Chudoba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Borås 2003-01-01
Series:Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
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Online Access:http://informationr.net/ir/9-1/paper162.html