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Aug 28, 2020 · Being “flamed” describes the type of emails you could expect to receive, pointing out the error of your ways. When used as a verb, “Flaming” is online slang for when an onliner “sends an angry, critical, or disparaging email.”
- Introduction
- The Flaming Phenomenon
- The Flaming Phenomenon Revisited
In this chapter we explore in some depth the phenomenon of flaming with the intention of challenging the widely accepted claim that CMC somehow promotes such behaviour. We shall be arguing that, far from being uninhibited and deregulated behaviour that is universally observed, flaming is in fact both radically context-dependent and relatively uncom...
The evidence
We surveyed several hundred articles on computer-mediated communication and computer supported cooperative work (Lea, O’Shea & Fung, 1991). Despite many references to flaming in these texts, we found only a handful of data sources. The most complete findings are contained in the influential series of experimental studies carried out by the Social Committee on Computing at Carnegie–Mellon University. A very limited quantity of field data is also reported in the literature, but for the most par...
Reduced social cues
The first and most widely accepted explanation is really a constellation of suggested behavioural implications arising from the central observation that nonverbal cues, such as facial expressions, gestures, and tone of voice are not communicated in CMC as they are in FTF communication and some other media. This important socio-technical feature of CMC is argued to have a variety of social psychological effects that make uninhibited behaviour more likely to occur (Kiesler et al., 1984). 1. Fir...
Computing subculture
The second explanation that has been advanced is based on social influence processes and therefore stands in marked contrast to the essentially antinormative reduced social cues explanation. According to this account, uninhibited behaviour originates from the specific influence of the computing subculture in CMC networks (Kiesler et al., 1984). The subculture itself has been studied in some detail (Dubrovsky, Kiesler, Sproull & Zubrow, 1986; Sproull, Kiesler & Zubrow, 1987; Steele, Woods, Fin...
Definitions of flaming;
Up until this point we have chosen only to loosely define uninhibited behaviour and flaming and to assume that the reader understands what is intended by the terms; in fact more precise definitions turn out to be problematic.
May 22, 2023 · Explore the ins and outs of 'flaming', a form of cyberbullying prevalent in digital communications, in this comprehensive article by Konsistent. Understand its history, the platforms where it occurs, its impacts, and how Konsistent's AI-powered tool can help mitigate this issue.
Feb 1, 2015 · This article identifies several critical problems with the last 30 years of research into hostile communication on the internet and offers suggest.
- Emma A. Jane
- ej@emmajane.info
- 2015
Oct 1, 2007 · The occurrence of flaming in organizations is linked to a diverse set of triggers, such as the informality of the communication medium, the absence of a buffering “time lag” that might moderate response, and a lack of nonverbal feedback that might moderate and augment the interpretation.
- Anna K. Turnage
- 2007
Researchers examining ‘flaming’ - defined as hostile and aggressive interactions via text-based computer mediated-communication - have proposed theoretical frameworks to explain possible causes.
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Researchers examining ‘flaming’ - defined as hostile and aggressive interactions via text-based computer mediated-communication - have proposed theoretical frameworks to explain possible causes.
