Putting Social Context into Text: The Semiotics of E‐mail Interaction

Theorising digital personhood: a dramaturgical approach

“…Goffman applied to online spaces Donath (1998) Utilises Goffman as an initiating point for signalling theory Schroeder (2002) Heavily employs Goffman's dramaturgy in his analysis of virtual worlds Schau and Gilly (2003) Builds on Goffman to examine personal Websites as a noticeable form of multiple, and, in particular, desirable self-presentation Zhao (2005) Shows that the online experience of teenagers revealed that telecopresent others in the online world do constitute a distinctive 'looking glass' which generates a digital self that is different from the self-constructed offline Ellison, Heino and Gibbs (2006) Investigates Goffman's self-presentation strategies among online dating participants (how participants manage their online presentation of self in accomplishing the goal of finding a romantic partner) boyd (2007) Uses Goffman to examine SNS activity as networked identity performance Robinson (2007) Argues the effectiveness of Goffman's approach over postmodern perspectives found in Turkle (1995) Lewis, Kaufman and Christakis (2008) Reflects on Goffman's front stage/back stage distinction to examine the notion of student privacy in SNS and, in particular, the factors that are predictive of a student having a private and a public profile Tufekci (2008) O ffers research on Facebook self-presentation around Goffman alongside Dunbar's social brain hypothesis Zhao et al (2008) Expands upon Goffman's self-presentation theories to investigate identity construction on Facebook Quan-Haase and Collins (2008) Uses impression management as per Goffman to discuss the art of creating status messages in order to signal availability Menchik and Tian (2008) Utilises Goffman and symbolic interactionism to interpret 'face-saving' on e-mail mailing lists Mendelson and Papacharissi (2010) Demonstrates that pictures and photos on SNS conform to traditional notions of impression management Hogan (2010) Argues that self-presentation in SM environments can be split into performances (i.e. chatting), which take place in synchronous 'situations' (as per Goffman), as well as artifacts (i.e.…”

What is a social tie?

“…However, the availability of digital communication datasets mitigates these initial problems. Because social networks are not static structures, the time resolution of such datasets allows an insight into the evolution and dynamics of social structures, prompting social theories about contacts, community, and consumption to be reexamined (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). For example, an analysis of e-mail logs from a major educational institution showed patterns of social ties as a function of existing social structure, shared activities, and personal attributes (6).…”

“…Specifically, social ties of individuals are multidimensional, maintaining a large portfolio of different types of (in)formal, professional, or romantic ties. For example, the utilization of email logs alone captures only one channel of communication, thereby ignoring contacts that are maintained by different communication means (5). For example, individuals that share office space hardly will mutually exchange e-mails but will resort to communication in person.…”

Detection of text-based social cues in adults with traumatic brain injury

“…These cues contribute to successful interpersonal communication in a variety of settings (Menchik & Tian, 2008), so reduced sensitivity to immediacy cues as a group may contribute to social problems in adults with TBI. Also, in real-life interactions these cues are likely to occur in complex patterns over time (Turkstra, Brehm, & Montgomery, 2006), so the problem may lie in integration of multiple cues rather than response to any single cue.…”