• DocumentCode
    1738084
  • Title

    Dry information, communication, and communities

  • Author

    Azechi, Shintaro

  • Author_Institution
    Commun. Res. Lab., Minist. of Posts & Telecommun., Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    72
  • Abstract
    I propose a new definition of information. It is information humidity, dry versus wet, which can explain various styles of communications and communities on the network. I suggest that the ideal community on the network is a dry community that is mediated only by dry information. In the dry community, members interact with dry information, i.e., the contents of a message and no member knows any other member´s personal attributions. This style of community prevents the flaming effect or any other pathological group function. I discuss how computerized networking tools support such a dry community. Because wet information, which is additional information of a message, would not reduce on a natural setting face to face communication, I propose a social psychological experiment that examines characteristics of dry and wet information
  • Keywords
    Internet; information resources; social aspects of automation; Internet; computerized networking tools; dry community; dry information; network community; social psychological experiment; wet information; Computer networks; Humans; Humidity; Intelligent structures; Intelligent systems; Pathology; Psychology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems and Allied Technologies, 2000. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brighton
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6400-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/KES.2000.885762
  • Filename
    885762