Thurlow, Crispin

Computer mediated communication : social interaction and the Internet / Crispin Thurlow, Laura Lengel, Alice Tomic - viii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and index.

Learn: basic theory -- Critique: central issues -- Apply: fieldwork -- Explore: focus areas.

This is a uniquely friendly and easy-to-understand treatment of the complex theories and findings that surround CMC. Communication is often complicated, and computerization makes it stranger still, yet the authors have deftly demystified both the miraculous and the mundane of computer-mediated interaction.

QA76.9.C66