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From: debenedi@yale-com.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: referencing material off the net. - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 5-Dec-83 16:14:31 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  5 16:14:31 1983
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Eric Holtman (whuxle!eric Sun Dec  4 12:46) posted:

    Actually, I for one WOULD be interested in why someone would need 
    to footnote something from the net. Do you footnote your personal
    conversations too??

Well, here's a reason: I'm writing a paper on USENET for an American
Studies course called Popular Culture and Mass Communications in America.
The major source for the paper is USENET articles.  For example, it will
include an article of yours (whuxlb!eric Sat Jul  9 12:54) which was posted
to net.flame.  Your article will be footnoted as an example of the discussions
regarding the use of the word 'faggot.'  Those discussions were part of the
context in which net.motss was created.  Very roughly the paper is about 
this medium's effect on group decision making, democracy, controversy,
sub-cultures (or interest groups), etc.  Does that answer your question?

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