September 22, 2009

Notes

Language—jargon/specialised language

Multimodal?

Authority/ order/social behaviour is constructed in conversation.

-who is allowed to speak

- turn-taking (frequency & length)

-treatment of “noobs”

-norms and enforcement of norms

-“power users”

-definition of purpose

-moderation

-silenced?

-decisions about what’s “on topic”

-who/what is a troll?

-how/when/where is help offered, accepted or asked for?