Anatomy of a flame: conflict and community building on the Internet

@article{citeulike:315260, abstract = {Although some social theorists have predicted that widespread computer-mediated communication produce utopian communities in cyberspace, the presence of \“flames\” and other activities often perceived as hostile to communal standards raises questions about whether and how such communities might come to exist. We examine the anatomy and progress of a particular \“flame\” that occurred in a listserv (unmoderated mailing list group) devoted specifically to the development of online communities (\“Free-nets\”). Contrary to existing literature that treats \“flames\” as undesirable, we suggest that a \“flame\” can help communities identify common values}, author = {Franco, V. and Piirto, R. and Hu, H. Y. and Lewenstein, B. V. and Underwood, R. and Vidal, N. K. }, citeulike-article-id = {315260}, comment = {Also in Lesser, Fontain \& Slusher (2000).}, journal = {Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE}, keywords = {cmc, social\_networks}, number = {2}, pages = {12--21}, posted-at = {2005-09-10 01:43:20}, priority = {0}, title = {Anatomy of a flame: conflict and community building on the Internet}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs\_all.jsp?arnumber=393044}, volume = {14}, year = {1995} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:315260 L3 - citeulike-article-id:315260 N2 - Although some social theorists have predicted that widespread computer-mediated communication produce utopian communities in cyberspace, the presence of “flames” and other activities often perceived as hostile to communal standards raises questions about whether and how such communities might come to exist. We examine the anatomy and progress of a particular “flame” that occurred in a listserv (unmoderated mailing list group) devoted specifically to the development of online communities (“Free-nets”). Contrary to existing literature that treats “flames” as undesirable, we suggest that a “flame” can help communities identify common values IS - 2 JF - Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE EP - 21 TI - Anatomy of a flame: conflict and community building on the Internet VL - 14 SP - 12 KW - cmc KW - social_networks N1 - Also in Lesser, Fontain & Slusher (2000). AU - Franco, V AU - Piirto, R AU - Hu, HY AU - Lewenstein, BV AU - Underwood, R AU - Vidal, NK PY - 1995/// UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=393044 ER -