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1 online resource (232 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Misbehavior in Cyber Places; Contents; Preface: The Internet at the Turn of the Century; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Athenians and Visigoths in Cyberspace; 1 The Research Objective; Rationale for the Study; The Research Problem; Definitions; Delimitations; Method; Chapter Summary; 2 The Context of the Study; Media Ecology: The Study of Media Environments; Media as Environments; Environments as Media; Space and Place; Situations, Rules, and Rule-Breaking; Mediated Interpersonal Communication; Computer-Mediated Communication in Online Environments; Virtual Communities. |
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3 Trouble Brewing in CyberspaceAn Infamous Triad of Troublesome Online Behavior; Flaming: Digital Debates and Virtual Vitriol; Spamming: Electronic Junk Mail and Other Cyber Debris; Virtual Rape: Sexual Harassment in Online Gathering Places; A Frontier Mentality: The Internet Besieged; Two Approaches: External Laws Versus Internal Rules; 4 Cybercrime: Law-Breaking on the Internet; The 1994 Denning and Lin Report; Cybercrime and Cyberlaw; Online Security, Attacks, and Viruses; Hackers and Other Denizens of the Cyberspace Underground. |
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First Amendment Follies: Dissent, Free Speech, and Censorship OnlineDefinition Schizophrenia: Malevolent Criminal or Mischievous Prankster?; The Jurisdiction Circus: No Ringmaster in Cyberspace; 5 Misbehavior: Rule-Breaking in Virtual Communities; The 1994 Bruckman Abstract; Misbehavior and its Aliases: Negligent, Naughty, Nasty, and Beyond; Rules and Norms in Virtual Gatherings; Netiquette and Other Codes of Civilized Cyber Conduct; Behavior Management and Social Control in Online Environments; The Status Quo: Theories and Analyses in Search of a Paradigm. |
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6 The Regulation of Online Conduct in Cyber PlacesBreaking, Making, and Enforcing Rules Online; Breaking the Rules: Varieties of Virtual Misbehavior; Rule-Breakers: Netiquette Newbies, Packet Pranksters, and Modem Miscreants; Making the Rules: Behavioral Standards for Online Gatherings; Rule-Makers: Netizens Against Digital Misconduct; Enforcing the Rules: Strategies and Techniques for Handling Online Troublemakers; Rule-Enforcers: Moderators, Sysops, Wizards, and Gods on Cyber Patrol; 7 Conclusion: A New Sense of Place; From Physical to Behavioral Boundaries. |
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Growing Interest in Local Regulatory ApproachesMisbehavior Offline: Athenians and Visigoths in Everyday Life; References; About the Author. |
| Summary |
This book studies computer-mediated, interpersonal Internet activity up to the turn of the century, examining virtual misbehavior across a wide range of online environments. It also lays out the theoretical framework and fundamental ideas of media ecology, a branch of communication scholarship, highly relevant for understanding digital technology. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-212). |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Online social networks -- Social aspects.
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Online social networks -- Social aspects. |
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Online social networks. |
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Online etiquette.
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Online etiquette. |
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Computer crimes.
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Computer crimes. |
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Online social networks -- Security measures.
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Security systems. |
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Internet -- Security measures.
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Internet -- Security measures. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sternberg, Janet. Misbehavior in Cyber Places : The Regulation of Online Conduct in Virtual Communities on the Internet. Lanham : University Press of America, ©2012 9780761860112 |
| ISBN |
9780761860129 |
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0761860126 |
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0761860118 |
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9780761860112 |
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