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This set of concepts related to Internet culture was developed by Adam King, and rated by 2,431 respondents (56%  male and 44% female) in 1998. For details see: King, Adam B. 2001. "Affective dimensions of internet culture." Social Science Computer Review 19:414-430.

Identities

AOLer,-1.28,-1.48,-0.47,-0.55,-0.83,-0.15
Bot,0.41,0.83,0.54,0.33,0.94,0.58
Cracker,-0.8,1.12,0.81,-0.94,0.82,0.66
Cyberpunk,-0.92,-0.35,0.82,-1.42,-0.34,1.07
Hacker,-0.93,2,1.42,-1.91,2.04,1.48
Lurker,-0.39,-0.49,-1.1,-0.77,-0.8,-1.31
Netizen,1.41,0.94,0.94,1.54,1.2,1.12
Newbie,-0.15,-1.84,-0.76,0.32,-1.5,-0.65
Webmaster,1.72,1.89,0.96,1.85,2.06,1.27
 

Behaviors

Chat,2.03,1.18,1.17,2.45,1.53,1.5
Crosspost,-0.58,0.11,0.65,-0.01,0.49,0.65
Cybersex,-0.12,-0.11,0.37,-1.1,-0.45,0.32
Email,3.14,2.62,1.8,3.41,2.79,2.05
Flame,-1.57,-0.08,1.17,-2.19,0.01,1.26
Flamebait,-1.63,-0.63,0.46,-2.19,-0.4,0.61
Ignore,-0.47,0.47,-0.34,-0.63,0.73,-0.41
Mailbomb,-2.74,0.27,0.86,-3.19,0.24,1.06
Post,1.99,1.5,1.12,2.15,1.67,1.18
Shout,-1.66,-0.59,0.96,-1.45,0.01,1.3
Spam,-3.03,-0.41,1.08,-3.2,0.14,1.39
Surf_the_Web,2.58,2.17,1.49,2.82,2.36,1.68


Settings

Chatroom,0.48,0.23,1.4,0.6,0.4,1.49
Cyberspace,2.24,2.48,2.14,2.34,2.74,2.38
Information_Superhighway,2.23,2.42,2.1,2.82,3.03,2.59
Internet,2.92,3.1,2.58,2.96,3.3,2.82
IRC,1.27,1.13,1.54,1.52,1.48,1.75
MUD,1.08,0.8,1.01,1.28,1.25,1.34
Newsgroup,1.15,0.99,1,1.07,0.96,1.03
Real_world,1.59,2.05,2.1,1.69,2.11,2.24
World_Wide_Web,2.87,2.94,2.32,3.03,3.23,2.67