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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">Hi-</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">In a project only tangentially related to the internet, I seem to have come across a gap in the literature, namely the changing use of the Internet regarding chat rooms. All of what I have is marketing research,
and most of that is raw numbers (e.g. two million average chat room users per day on AOL in 2002, thirty-thousand average chat room users per day on AOL in 2009, numbers probably off as I'm pulling from memory not text) that lack social context or relevant
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">While I have come across literature that almost secondarily refers to the decline of "anonymous" or "pseudonymous" interactions on the Internet (mostly in reference to the rise of social networking that emulates/replicates/reinforces/etc
offline social networks), I haven't really found anything that directly addresses chat rooms or related internet phenomena (usenets, bulletin boards, etc).
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">For a bit of context, this project relates to social support/self-help type websites, chat rooms, message boards, etc. Basically I've found that for my population, the loss of the chat room(s) has lead to a politicization
of the kinds of interactions people can have in relation to their condition, as a neutral space has been taken away, replaced by mostly sponsored message boards, listservs, and hosted chats. However, I would like some context regarding changing internet use.
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Any leads are appreciate.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Thanks in advance!</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Kate Jenkins, M.Phil.</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="tahoma">CUNY Graduate Center</font></div>
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