In this paper we report findings of a study of online participation by
culturally diverse participants in a distance adult education course offered in
Canada, and examine two of the study’s early findings. First, we explore both the
historical and cultural origins of “cyberculture values” as manifested in our
findings, using the notions of explicit and implicit enforcement of those values.
Second, we examine the notion of “cultural gaps” between participants in the
course and the potential consequences for online communication successes and
difficulties. We also discuss theoretical perspectives from Sociolinguistics,
Applied Linguistics, Genre and Literacy Theory and Aboriginal Education that
may shed further light on “cultural gaps” in online communications. Finally, we
identify the need for additional research, primarily in the form of larger scale
comparisons across cultural groups of patterns of participation and interaction, but
also in the form of case studies that can be submitted to microanalyses of the form
as well as the content of communicator’s participation and interaction online.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/1329 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Reeder, Kenneth, Macfadyen, Leah P., Chase, Mackie, Roche, Jörg |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
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