Psy 630
Seminar in Social Psychology
Fall, 1999

Dr. Richard Sherman

Introduction -- The Phenomenon of Cyberspace

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Kiesler, S. (1997). Preface to Culture of the Internet, S. Kiesler (Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates (pp. ix-xvi).

Kling, R. (1996). Hopes and horrors: Technological utopianism and anti-utopianism in narratives of computerization. In Rob Kling (Ed.), Computerization and Controversy (2nd edition, pp. 40-58). San Diego: Academic Press.

Gackenbach, J. & Ellerman, E. (1998). Introduction to psychological aspects of internet use. In J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications (pp. 1-26). San Diego: Academic Press.

The Social Roots of Cyberculture

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Roszak, T. (1994). The computer and the counterculture. In R. Roszak, The Cult of Information (pp. 135-155). New York: Pantheon Books.

King, J.L., Grinter, R.E., & Pickering, J.M. (1997). The rise and fall of netville: The saga of a cyberspace construction boomtown in the great divide. In S. Kiesler (Ed.), Culture of the Internet (pp. 3-33). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.

Roszak, T. (1994). The politics of information. In T. Roszak, The Cult of Information (pp. 156-172). New York: Pantheon Books.

Differing Views of Potentials & Possibilities

I. "Computers R Us "

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___Egon Kraan_________ / ______Jeff Kretschmar / ______________________

Iacono, S., & Kling, R. (1996). Computerization movements and tales of technological utopianism. In R. Kling (Ed.), Computerization and Controversy (2nd edition, pp. 85-105). San Diego: Academic Press, Inc.

Tapscott, D. (1998). The N-Gen Mind: Part I. In D. Tapscott, Growing Up Digital. NY: McGraw Hill.

Edwards, P.N. (1995). Cyberpunks in cyberspace: The politics of subjectivity in the computer age. In S.L. Star (Ed.), The cultures of computing (pp. 69-84). Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers.

II. "Tell me, Mr. Data, do you feel sad??"

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____Chris End________ / _____Erin Cressy_____ / ______________________

Turkle, S. (1995). Making a pass at a robot. In S. Turkle, Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the internet (pp. 77-101). New York: Simon & Shuster.

Postman, N. (1992). The ideology of machines: Computer technology. In Technopoly (pp. 107-122). New York: Vintage Books.

III. Alternative Views on Computers & Education

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__Jessica Donn________ / ____Andrea Bakker____ / ______________________

Tapscott, D. (1998). N-Gen Learning. In D. Tapscott, Growing Up Digital. NY: McGraw Hill.

Roszak, T. (1994). The hidden curriculum. In T. Roszak, The Cult of Information (pp. 47-71). New York: Pantheon Books.

Johnson, S. (1997). Links. In Johnson, S., Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way we Create and Communicate. San Francisco: Harper.

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_____Egon Kraan_______ / ___Chris End_________ / ______________________

Kraut, R., Patterson, M., Lundmark, V., Kiesler, S., Mudopadhyay, T., & Scherlis, W. (1998). Internet paradox: A social technology that reduces social involvement and psychological well-being? AP, 53, 1017-1031.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1992). Paralanguage and social perception in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Organizational Computing, 2, 321-341.

Walther, J.B. (1993). Impression development in computer-mediated interaction. Western Journal of Communication, 57, 381-398. 

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______Jessica Donn____ / ____Yuki Asaka_______ / ____Lila Finney_______

Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1994). Panacea or panopticon? The hidden power in computer-mediated communication. Communication Research, 21, 427-459.

Walther, J.B. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23, 3-43.

On Line Communities & Workgroups: Characteristics and Implications

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_____Chris Dyszelski__ / ______David Mueller__ / ______________________

Rheingold, H. (1993). Real-time tribes. In The virtual community: Homesteading on the electronic frontier (pp. 176-196). New York: Addison-Wesley.

Jones S.G. (1995). Understanding community in the information age. In S.G. Jones (Ed.), CyberSociety:Computer-Mediated Communication and Community (pp.10-35). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Baym, N. K. (1995). The emergence of community in computer-mediated communication. In S.G. Jones (Ed.), CyberSociety:Computer-Mediated Communication and Community (pp. 138-163). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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______Zak Birchmeier__ / _____Jeff Kretschmar_ / ______________________

Haythornthwaite, C., Wellman, B., & Garton, L. (1998). Work and community via computer-mediated communication. In J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications (pp. 29-42 ). San Diego: Academic Press.

Orlikowski, W. (1996). Learning from Notes: Organizational issues in groupware implementation. In R. Kling (Ed.), Computerization and Controversy (2nd edition, pp. 173-189). San Diego: Academic Press, Inc.

Gender Issues in Cyberspace

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______You Wang________ / __Erin Cressy________ / ___Marie Weakland_____

Coyle, K. (1996). How hard can it be? In L. Cherney & R. Weise (Eds.), Wired Women: Gender and new realities in cyberspace. Seattle, WA: Seal Press.

Morahan-Martin, J. (1998). Males, females, and the internet. In J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications (pp. 169-197). San Diego: Academic Press.

Herring, S. (1996). Gender and democracy in CMC. In R. Kling (Ed.), Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices (2nd Edition, pp. 476-489). New York: Academic Press.

Kramarae, C. (1995). A backstage critique of virtual reality. In S.G. Jones (Ed.), CyberSociety:Computer-Mediated Communication and Community (pp. 36-56). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Disinhibited Behavior in Cyberspace

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________Andrea Bakker_ / ____Jamonn Campbell__ / ______________________

Joinson, A. (1998). Causes and implications of disinhibited behavior on the internet. In J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications (pp. 43-60). San Diego: Academic Press.

Matheson, K. & Zanna, M.P. (1990). Computer-mediated communications: The focus is on me. Social Science Computer Review, 8, 1-12.

Walther, J.B. (1994). Interpersonal effects in computer-mediated communication: A meta-analysis of social and antisocial communication. Communication Research, 21, 460-487.

Explorations into Online Identity Issues

I. Multiplicity, Fragmentation, & Social Identity

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_____Jamonn Campbell__ / ___Chris Dyszelski___ / _____Zak Birchmeier___

Turkle, S. (1995). Identity crisis. In Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the internet (pp. 255-269). New York: Simon & Shuster.

Reid, E. (1998). The self and the internet: Variations on the illusion of one self. In J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications (pp. 29-42). San Diego: Academic Press.

Turkle, S. (1995). Tinysex and gender trouble. In Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the internet (pp. 210-232). New York: Simon & Shuster.

II. Ethical Limits of Computer Mediated Social Relationships

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______You Wang________ / __Marie Weakland_____ / __David Mueller_______

Van Gelder, L. (1996). The strange case of the electronic lover. In Kling, R (Ed.) Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices (2nd Edition, pp. 533-546). New York: Academic Press.

Dibbell, J. (1996). Taboo, consensus, and the challenge of democracy in an electronic forum. In Kling, R (Ed.) Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices (2nd Edition, pp. 552-568). New York: Academic Press.