ORALITY AND COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION - MAILING LIST USAGE IN PEACE AND CONFLICT

Mailing environment became the arena where the Somali factional Diaspora has been taking place enabling the groups to organize and communicate. In a way the mailing list medium has facilitated the some groups to take the Somali conflict outside the country. On the other hand, it is also where groups aiming as the supra-national level to meet and get together to help their folks at home. Whatever the objectives of the mailing groups, what influenced their discussions are mainly events at home.

About the author

Dr. Abdisalam Issa-Salwe is an Associate Professor at the College of Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Previously, he was lecturer in Information Systems at Thames Valley University, UK. His research interest include Information Security, and Information Strategy and Architecture.

Product details

• Authors: M. Ahmed, Abdisalam M Issa-Salwe, Abdisalam M. Issa-Salwe, M. N. Kabir
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783838346007
• ISBN: 978-3-8383-4600-7
• No. of pages: 128
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet