1. INTRODUCTION:
A) I went into the Deja News search engine and searched under the topic ãaggressive drivers.ä I was surprised to see a newsgroups named ãalt.drugs.potä! I read the first message of this newsgroup. The message involved two people who were having a tireless debate over the pros and cons of marijuana.
B) The name of the newsgroup was ãncf.sigs.mens-issuesä. I read the one and only article of this newsgroup. In this article, a person named Lee made a comment that some women are ãfairly aggressive drivers.ä My cousin is a good example of a woman whoâs an aggressive driver (see the ending of my Newsgroup Report).
Lee goes on to say that itâs not a smart move to make eye contact with someone who is tailgating you, or flash your lights to tell a person to dim him/her lights. My girlfriend told me she saw a program that said the same thing. If you were to make eye contact or flash your lights at the other person, itâs as if your accepting the challenge the other person is instigating. The end result could be you, the other person, or both of you getting both hurt or possibly killed, and maybe killing others around you.
My impression of this newsgroup was that this message matched itâs name because Lee was responding to what a woman named Suzanne said about men being aggressive drivers. This is a menâs issue!
The reason why I think Lee reacted to Suzanneâs e-mail is because he/she might have experienced or observed the same situation.
The function of this newsgroup is for people to comment on what they see happening around them. Itâs the one statement that someone makes that will trigger another topic which will bring light to the newsgroup.
C) I did a search under the topic ãroad rage.ä The name of the group was ã3dfx.game.discussionä. A person by the name of M. Godwin presented a scenario of a person who displays ãroad rageä by keying someoneâs car only gets a slap on the hand and his/her driver license taken away. Godwin goes on to say that in St. Louis, a law was passed allowing you to carry a gun in your car, and if someone is trying to steal your car, you can kill the thief.
My impression of this newsgroup is that it made sense of what Godwin was saying that these car thiefs can get away with anything. I wish Hawaii had the same law as they do in St. Louis. If we had adopted that law, I believe that our statistic of car thefts would go down drastically.
As for why this discussion is going on, I believe that people need somewhere to vent their frustrations. That could also be a function for this newsgroup. It seems that the law is protecting the criminals than the victims. Hopefully, a person who has a high position in the government would read this e-mail and make them think of what the common people feel about the laws.
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Summary of Glen Aciertoâs Report 1:
Glenâs report is divided into 5 sections: ãIntroduction: Newsgroups- a Wealth of Informationä, ãMethod of Study: Newsgroups, newsgroups, everywhereä, ãResults of the Analysis: On-line Anarchyä, ãWhat It's Like to Participate: Information Overload vs. Useless Informationä, and ãAnnotated Index to Social Forces in Newsgroupsä.
In his section ãIntroduction: Newsgroups- a Wealth of Informationä, Glen introduces himself and goes on to say that he was ãlost and confusedä when he got reacquainted with computers. I too felt the same way. As of today, Iâm still overwhelmed by what the computer can do and the terminology!
In ãMethod of Study: Newsgroups, newsgroups, everywhereä, Glen mentions that he was a subscriber of the paintball and off-road bicycles newsgroups. He goes on to say that he preferred to use Netscape instead of Pine because of itâs easier format of reading and large selection of newsgroups. Through his explorations through newsgroups, Glen found a lot of useful information that he could apply in his daily living. Also, he learned new concepts such as ãlurking, replying, and postingä while exploring newsgroups.
In ãResults of the Analysis: On-line Anarchyä, Glen gives 2 samples of e-mails: one not following the netiquette rules and the other one is. He said that the off-road bicycle newsgroup was the one that followed the rules.
In ãWhat It's Like to Participate: Information Overload vs. Useless Informationä, Glen posts a message for the first time. He said that it was exciting for him to receive a response from someone who could be from on the other side of this planet. Also, I liked what Glen said that the newsgroup is an easy way to get the latest up-to-date information on a particular topic. I too prefer accessing a newsgroup than going to the library and doing research any day!
And in the last section ãAnnotated Index to Social Forces in Newsgroupsã, Glen said that he found an address for a netiquette guide while exploring a studentâs home page. It pays to explore someoneâs home page; what was probably interesting to them may be useful to you!
Roseâs report is divided into 5 sections: ãIntroduction: Learning About Newsgroupsä, ãMethod of Study: Finding a Newsgroupä, ãResults of the Analysis: Observations Of My Newsgroupsä, ãWhat It's Like to Participate: Just Do It!ä, and ãAnnotated Index to Social Forces in Newsgroups: Understanding More About Newsgroupsä.
In ãIntroduction: Learning About Newsgroupsä, Rose made me feel at ease. I realized I wasnât the only one who didnât know what and how to use a newsgroup. The two newsgroups that she was affiliated with was snowboarding and dogs. She said she chose these two newsgroups because she knew a little about them and figured that it would be much easier for her to strike up a conversation on those two topics.
In ãMethod of Study: Finding a Newsgroupä, Rose used the ãExciteä search engine, and later went to Deja News because it had a lot of articles. At first, she was afraid to post messages in the newsgroups. But by having the courage to do so, Rose gained cyber friends.
In ãResults of the Analysis: Observations Of My Newsgroupsä, Rose learned the basic structures of a message, such as the sign ã >ä which means the following string of words is a quote. Also, she found messages that werenât relevant to the newsgroup, and especially people posting messages telling people to stop cross-posting.
In ãWhat It's Like to Participate: Just Do It!ä, Rose tries to post her first message. Like everyone elseâs first time, sheâs nervous. I know I would be! She said she posted a message to a lady who couldnât make up her mind whether she should get two dogs. However, she didnât get no reply. But when she posted a message in her snowboarding newsgroup, she came across a girl that was on the same level of snowboarding as her.
And in the last section ãAnnotated Index to Social Forces in Newsgroups: Understanding More About Newsgroupsä, Rose gives some useful referential sites for the reader to use.
Summary of Scott Changâs Report 1:
Scottâs report is divided into 5 sections: ãIntroduction: Personal Experiences with Newsgroupsä, ãMethod of Study: Experiencing Netscape News For the First Timeä, ãResults of the Analysis: Learning About Newsgroupsä, ãWhat It's Like to Participate: Emotional Subjectsä, and ãAnnotated Index to Social Forces in Newsgroups: Concept
Searchingä.
In ãIntroduction: Personal Experiences with Newsgroupsä, Scott confesses that after his one month of subscribing to newsgroups, heâs an addict. He spends hours and hours in front of the computer searching through newsgroups. Whatâs more catchy than those corny informercials is Scottâs statement that after his testatment, we would have the urge to subscribe to a newsgroup.
In ãMethod of Study: Experiencing Netscape News For the First Timeä, Scott thought that newsgroups were just for educational purposes (this was when he was majoring in enginneering). But four years later, now majoring in psychology, he realized that newsgroups could be used for conversation and entertainment. Scott used Netscape to access the numerous amount of newsgroups. He said that there wouldnât be no problem for a person to find something that interests him/her. As for the newsgroups, he subscribed to the college and professional basketball newsgroups. At first he found it hard to keep track of which message he had read; sometimes, he would catch himself reading the message twice. But after studying the interface of Netscape, he discovered a way which would display which messages he had read.
In ãResults of the Analysis: Learning about Newsgroupsä, Scott gives a breakdown of the terms ãposting, replying, threads, spamming, and flamingä. Out of all of the terms, I like his explanation for spamming. I didnât look at spamming at a way of advertising! Also, I enjoyed his experimentation on flaming. He was smart to not have his real e-mail address displayed in the newsgroup otherwise his e-mail account would consist nothing but insults and degradations.
In ãWhat It's Like to Participate: Emotional ä, Scott says that he found it easier to post and reply to messages when he went by a different moniker. Also, he found himself posting and responding to basketball teams that he really liked and really hated. Through his experience of posting and replying, he said that it was much easier to argue with someone on the net than when theyâre right in front of your face, and criticism taken with stride.
And in the last section ãAnnotated Index to Social Forces in Newsgroups: Concept
Searchingä, Scott comes to a conclusion that searching the Internet for articles is really easy to do. He goes on to say that a good net search to do is ãcyberpsychologyä.
B) What I think of newsgroups now that I know more is that it is very informative, helpful, and fun to do. Because of those statements, I can see myself as a newsgroup lifetime participant. Sooner or later, I had to learn this! There is no escaping newsgroups because eventually everyone has to have a computer in their home and have access to the Internet in order to know whatâs going on in the world.
ãIn Need of Helpä Seeker
Subject: Manhattan Commuters
Greetings. I am relatively new to bike commuting in Manhattan. I have
My question is if there are any internet resources specifically about
The reason why my request is specific to just one city, rather than to
Steve
D) How I interpret this attitude is that this person was basically saying that itâs his first time to commute on a bike in Manhattan and he asking if anyone has any helpful advice that would aid him in his commute. So if anyone ever experienced a bad situation and doesnât want it to happen to someone else, it would be ideal to notify Steve. What it comes down to is that all the Manhattan commute bikers should stick together and help each other out, same as any other group.
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2. HOW NEWSGROUPS ARE DESCRIBED IN THE GENERATIONAL CURRICULUM:
3. ATTITUDES AND NEWSGROUPS:
-this is the person who posts messages which requests advice/tips on a certain topic.
From: steveo@panix.com (Steven M. O'Neill)
Date: 1997/11/12
Message-ID: <64cl5m$fnj@panix2.panix.com>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.soc
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been commuting about 2.5 miles each way for about a month now. I have
learned many things from experience, but would love to continue to learn
safe effective ways to ride. I am reading Forester's _Effective
Cycling_ now, and am happy to say that many of his lessons I have
already learned on my own and that I am also learning many things from
him and his book. He seems to write consistently about a number of
cycling conditions, including heavy urban traffic. I have found his
philosophy that a cyclist must act like a vehicle in order to be treated
as a vehicle to be very true.
riding in New York or if there are any fellow Manhattan commuters who
read this group who may have specific advice, or information about small
organized rides for beginners where a discussion of technique is
possible.
all urban cyclists, is that Manhattan's consistent grid layout (causing
very frequent intersections--20 per mile on the avenues) combined with
extremely aggressive drivers and heavy traffic makes for a unique set of
cycling conditions.
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steveo@panix.com
4. IS THERE A MORAL CRISIS IN DRIVING ATTITUDES?
5. CONCLUSION:
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