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Informing Science + IT Education Conference 2003 Proceedings
| Informing Science + IT Education Conference |
| Pori, Finland June 24-27, 2003 |
| Panel on: The Creation and Distortion of Communication through Information Technology |
| Paper Title: Can You Say That? Communication Contours of Cybersmear |
| University of Minnesota, USA |
| New technology asks members of society to reorder their thinking about their world. The deep penetra-tion of |
| new informing technologies in the Internet age invites people to reconsider their conceptions of language, bias, and |
| communication. This paper establishes the contours of communication in cybers-mear. Focusing on the character |
| of messages, this paper considers the implications of emotive language on the personal acceptance and legal |
| protection for speech in cyberspace. |
| Keywords: cybersmear, language, defamation, emotive, legal, bias, U.S. Supreme Court |
ISSN
1535-07-03
Unless otherwise indicated, this paper has undergone blind external review by three or more reviewers.
Types of Papers: A Best Paper, Regular Paper, Short Paper, Informal Paper,
Unrefereed Panel Paper
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