MAS 964  ·  Techno-Identity  ·  Spring 2005

social signals in conversation
 

readings

  
Goffman    On Face-work (paper copy)
Bonvillain 2 chapters on communicative competence (paper copy)
Voida, Newstatter, Mynatt When conventions collide: the tensions of instant messaging attributed
[optional] Smith, Cadiz, Burkhalther Conversation trees and threaded chats
[optional] Michael Lachmann, Szabolcs Számadó, and Carl T. Bergstrom Cost and conflict in animal signals and human language
  
 
 

assignment

  
  1. Read the papers.
  2. Essay questions will be online soon.

please make your essay available by Monday midday