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From: sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan)
Newsgroups: net.flame,net.news,net.misc
Subject: Flaming being studied at CMU
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Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 13:46:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  2 13:46:42 1984
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[Warning - if you are reading this in net.flame - there is no flame here.]

There is an interesting article in today's science section of the
New York Times entitled, "Emotional Outbursts Punctuate Conversations
by Computer," by Erik Eckholm.

I'm not going to type in the entire article, but here is the first
paragraph:

"Computer buffs call it 'flaming.'  Now scientists are
documenting and trying to explain the surprising prevalence
of rudeness, profanity, exultation and other emotional
outbursts by people when they carry on discussions via
computer."

The study was done by behavioral scientists at
Carnegie-Mellon University.  Most libraries should
have the N.Y. Times on file.  (Unfortunately,
based on some of the questions and discussions on
the net, most readers don't know what a library is.
Hey, that sounded like a flame. I guess I lied.)
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			Scott Orshan
			Bell Communications Research
			201-981-3064
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