Tuesday Thursday

9/23

Internet Overview

9/25

Introduction

9/30

Forum Structure

Morrowind General Forum

10/2

Forum categories and social actions

Definitions, Examples

10/7

(No class)

10/9

A forum thread: identity, 1337, editing

10/14

Listserv (Ed)

10/16

E-mail (Susanna)

Enron e-mail database
(use Search iConect link)

10/21

Usenet (Monica)

10/23

Chatroom (Carlos)

10/28

IM (Ken)

10/30

Text msging (Sarah)

11/4

Emoticons

11/6

(No class)

11/11

Holiday: special double lunch meeting, 11-2

Gender and identity, Paper topics

11/13

Irony & non-literal meaning

11/18

Discourse structure & Cohesion

11/20

Turn-taking

11/25

Lexicon (acronyms, abbreviations, negotiation)

11/27

Holiday: no class

12/2

Conclusions: whither writing?