Language Learning & Technology Vol. 7, No. 3, September 2003,
pp. 30-33 REVIEW OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION: HUMAN-TO-
HUMAN COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE INTERNET Paginated PDF version
Computer-Mediated Communication: Human-to-Human Communication
across the Internet Susan B. Barnes Allyn & Bacon Publishers
Review by Gillian Lord, University of Florida In the
introduction to her book, Susan B. Barnes notes that the first
step in the process of global citizenship is "learning how to
use [Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC)] as an effective
method for human communication" (p. xiii). Although, of course,
there are other important aspects of global citizenship --
political, social and economic aspects, for example -- the claim
that globalized human communication is necessary cannot be
denied. Nor would it be by the readers of this journal. Barnes'
book, although on the surface claiming to deal with CMC, is
really an "everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-
computerized-society-but-didn't-even-know-how-to-ask"