Interpersonal Computing and Technology Table of Contents v1n02 (April 1993) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/ipct/ipct-v1n02-contents --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ####### ######## ######## ########### ### ### ## ### ## # ### # Interpersonal Computing and ### ### ## ### ## ### Technology: ### ### ## ### ### An Electronic Journal for ### ######## ### ### the 21st Century ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ## ### ISSN: 1064-4326 ### ### ### ## ### April, 1993 ####### ### ######## ### Volume 1, Number 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by the Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057 Additional support provided by the Center for Academic Computing, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 This article is archived as CONTENTS IPCTV1N2 on LISTSERV@GUVM (LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles 3. Table of Contents and Abstracts 4. Editorial Board 5. Copyright Statement Special thanks to Dr. William A. Bradley for his help in final editing of this issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Letter from the Publisher Readers of IPCT Journal; We are pleased to publish the second issue of IPCT Journal. Given the feedback that readers shared with the editors and the authors of a number of the articles, the first issue was very well received. As we move forward, we will continue to incorporate much of the feedback that readers send to us in our efforts to improve each issue and have the contents be more useful for you. All the articles in IPCT Journal are selected through a rigorous peer review process. The second issue of IPCT Journal premiers a column called "Publisher's Forum." The content of this may take various forms, the common thread being that selection is made by the editors and publisher. When, as is the case in this issue, it is an article, it will be subjected to our usual blind review process. These contributions may be an invited article, and op-ed piece or one written by someone on the editorial board, or in some other way outside the typical selection process. Please let me know if there are ways you would like to see improvement in the Journal, or other comments you may have. Regards, Zane Berge, Publisher IPCT-J Berge@guvax.georgetown.edu BERGE@GUVAX --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Retrieval Instructions for Articles Articles are stored as files at LISTSERV@GUVM.BITnet. To retrieve a file interactively, send the GET command given after the article abstract to LISTSERV@GUVM. To retrieve the article as a e-mail message add F=MAIL to your interactive message, or send an e-mail note in the following format: To:listserv@guvm.georgetown.edu ---------------------- GET IPCTV1N2 The GET command GET IPCTV1N2 PACKAGE will retrieve the entire issue. [WARNING: This will send all the files below with a total of over 5100 lines.] The listserv's Internet address is LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU Back issues of the journal are stored at LISTSERV@GUVM. To obtain a list of all available files, send the following message to LISTSERV@GUVM: INDEX IPCT-J. The name of each issue's table of contents file begins with the word "CONTENTS". FTP of IPCT-J articles is available. FTP to GUVM.CCF.GEORGETOWN.EDU or 141.161.71.1, logon IPCT-J, password is GUEST. All IPCT-J files are currently ASCII format only. If you experience difficulties with these instructions, please consult your local site administrator for specific instructions that may apply to your system. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Contents Communication Innovation on a BBS: A Content Analysis Scott A. Kuehn, Clarion University of Pennsylvania To retrieve this file GET KUEHN IPCTV1N2 Abstract The nature of innovative communication behaviors on a computer- mediated bulletin board system was investigated using content analysis. The play theory of communication was used to analyze messages for content that demonstrated special manipulations of computer symbols to expess individuality and originality. Three categories of message types achieved intercoder reliability: textual manipulations signifying jokes, irony, witticism, and sarcasm, conventional text emphasis symbols used to convey conversational tone and nonverbal communication, and unconventional symbolic representations of nonverbal communication. Messages revealed that BBS users manipulated text symbols, shifting from simple display of text to textual displays of originality and personal innovation. These findings contradict a "cues-filtered-out" approach to understanding CMC and demonstrate that innovative CMC which adapts to social contexts aids in defining self to self and self to others. Lines: 614 ********** Guidelines for Designing Effective and Healthy Learning Environments for Interactive Technologies Michael Weisberg, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MA To retrieve this article GET WEISBERG IPCTV1N2 Abstract Many of the findings from ergonomics research on visual display workstations are relevant to the design of interactive learning stations. This paper briefly reviews ergonomics research on visual display workstations; specifically, (1) potential health hazards from electromagnetic radiation; (2) musculoskeletal disorders; (3) vision complaints; and (4) psychosocial stresses. Based on this review, guidelines on how to design an ergonomically correct workstation and learning environment are presented. These guidelines seek to balance human performance with learner satisfaction and well-being. Lines: 1110 ********** Groupware and Interpersonal Text: The Computer as a Medium of Communication Leonore M. Greller, City College of New York, New York and Sue Barnes, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York To retrieve this article: GET GRELLER IPCTV1N2 Abstract It is axiomatic that in order for interpersonal communication to take place, verbal messages and their feedback must occur in real time and space. The computer, through a process known as "groupware", enables "several users to work on the same document at the same time" (MacUser, June 1991, p.207), while transferring and manipulating "interpersonal text" in real time and space. Thus, with groupware, verbal communication is not required for interpersonal communication to occur, and the computer can be used as a medium of communication. Groupware and its symbolic code of interpersonal text is extending our traditional definitions of interpersonal and small group communication while it challenges our definition of mediated communication. Lines: 443 ********** Politics on the Internet Lee Sakkas, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY To retrieve this article: GET SAKKAS IPCTV1N2 Abstract This article will recount the events associated with the conception, implementation and existence of three discussion lists that were devoted to the campaigns of the three major candidates in the 1992 U.S. Presidential Election. The three lists are managed by the Revised Listserv software which is widely disseminated on BITNET and were named for the three major candidates, BUSH, CLINTON and PEROT. To the best of my knowledge, this Presidential Campaign was the first where candidates and a portion of the voters made an an organized effort to utilize some of the potential that has become available as a result of the development of large computer networks such as BITNET, The Internet, Prodigy, and Compuserve. Lines: 596 ********** PUBLISHER'S FORUM: The Founding and Managing of IPCT-L: A Listowners' Perspective Zane Berge Ph.D., Georgetown University, Washington, DC and Mauri Collins MA, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. To retrieve this article GET BERGE IPCTV1N2 Abstract The article likens the Scholarly Discussion Group (SDG) to four types of group gatherings: 1) a library, 2) a seminar, meeting, conference, or salon, 3) a room full of people in which dinner conversation is appropriate, and 4) as a newspaper subscription. While there are many reasons for starting a SDG, this article focuses, from a listowners' perspective, on the reasons for founding the Interpersonal Computing and Technology List (IPCT-L@GUVM). This article discusses how the list fits into the host institution's goals, some of the decisions that needed to be made before going online, how this list was marketed, and some of the benefits obtained through the creation of the IPCT-L Editorial Policy. It also examines how the moderators of IPCT-L compare their roles to the roles of moderators generally. Lines: 497 ********** An Experiment of Computer Programming Practice by E-mail. Gintautas Grigas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania To retrieve this article GET GRIGAS IPCTV1N2 Abstract A teaching technique of computer programming including the elements of competition and using e-mail is presented and discussed. An experiment of computer programming practice with school students is described. The outcome of experiment is summarized, discussed, and conclusions are presented as guidelines for further work. The experiment of computer programming practice by e-mail was performed in Lithuanian schools. School students of upper grades (10-12) took part in the experiment. Lines: 596 ********** Hypermedia and Higher Education Jay. L Lemke, City University of New York, Brooklyn College School of Education To retrieve this article GET LEMKE IPCTV1N2 Abstract A near-future model for how on-line interactive hypermedia technologies can transform scholarly communication and educational practice is developed. The model considers: the skills that will underly future hypermedia literacy for scholars and students, changes from curricular to independent learning models, changes in institutional patterns of communication, and needed further developments in information technology for higher education. Lines: 890 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Editorial Board Publisher: Center for Teaching and Technology, Academic Computing Center, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Editor: Gerald M. Phillips, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus of Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University) Editorial Board: Zane L. Berge, Ph.D. (Director, Center for Teaching and Technology. Academic Computer Center, Georgetown University) Gerald M. Santoro, Ph.D. (Center for Academic Computing, Pennsylvania State University) Managing Editor: Mauri Collins, M.A. (Center for the Study of Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University) Associate Editors: Manuel E. Bermudez, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Computer and Information Sciences, University of Florida) Morton Cotlar, Ph.D. (Professor of Management, University of Hawaii) James A. Danowski, Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago) Paulo A. Dasilva, Ph.D. (Chairman, Systems and Computation Graduate Program, Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Gordon Dixon, M.Sc., F.B.C.S. (Editor-in-Chief, Literary and Linguistic Computing, The Manchester Metropolitan University, UK) William F. Eadie, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, California State University, Northridge) Jill Ellsworth, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, OECD Division, Department of Technology, Southwest Texas State University) Bradley Erlwein, Ph.D. (Research and Development, Zenith Data Systems) Mark Evangelista, B.S. (Telecommunication System Programmer, Georgetown University) Allan G. Farman, Ph.D.(Professor, Radiology and Imaging Science Division, University of Louisville) Mark G. Gillingham, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Education, Washington State University, Vancouver) Dennis S. Gouran, Ph.D. (Professor of Speech Communication, the Pennsyl- vania State University) David Alan Grier, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Systems and Director of Honors Education, George Washington University) Thomas S. E. Hilton, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Business Information Systems and Education, Utah State University) Ken Hirsch, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, California State University - Sacramento) Theodore S. Hopf, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, Washington State University) Alice Horning, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics, Oakland University) Lawrence Johnston, B.A. (Manager, Operations, Office of Telecommuni- cations, Computer, and Information Systems, Pennsylvania State University) Vladimir Klonowski, Ph.D., D.Sc. (Profesor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Cracow Institute of Tehcnology) Donald H. Kraft, Ph.D. (Professor, Computer Science, Louisiana State University) Gary L. Kreps, Ph.D. (Professor of Communication Studies, Northern Illinois University) Robert McKenzie, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of Radio, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA) Cecelia G. Manrique, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Wisconsin -- LaCrosse) Maurice C. Mitchell, Jr., Ph.D. (Assistant Director, Academic Computing, University and Community College System of Nevada, Las Vegas) Kristine Morrissey, Ph.D. (Curator, Michigan State University Museum) Ann Okerson, MLS (Director, Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing, Association of Research Libraries) David Raitt, Ph.D. (System Engineer, System Design Section, European Space Agency - ESTEC) David E. Sims, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Veterinary Medicine, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island) David L. Schroeder. Ph.D. (Assistant Professor of MIS, Valparaiso University) Gary Lee Stonum, Ph.D. (Professor of English, Case Western Research University) Rosalie Wells, Ph.D. (Distance Education Speicalist, Athabasca University) John W. Wooten, Ph.D. (Educational Technology Coordinator, Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Nancy J. Wyatt, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Speech Communication, Pennsylvania State University - Delware County Campus) ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Copyright Statement --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpersonal Computing and Technology: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century Copyright 1993 Georgetown University. Copyright of individual articles in this publication is retained by the individual authors. Copyright of the compilation as a whole is held by Georgetown University. It is asked that any republication of this article state that the article was first published in IPCT-J. Contributions to IPCT-J can be submitted by electronic mail in APA style to: Gerald Phillips, Editor IPCT-J GMP3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU