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How Hierarchy Functions in a CMC Community A Case Study Mark L. Goldberg, Giles C. Hendrix Northwestern University 3/11/95 Introduction A community is commonly defined as a group of people who have a common interest. Such a group usually entails sharing, participation, fellowship, and conflict. Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) has evolved a new variation of this human tendency. They can be any size, involve limitless participants, and are not bound by physical space (Jones). Members come and go at their convenience. CMC communities can sprout and expand into multiple forms which usually reside on the fulcrum between anarchy and communism. Everyone is free to express their opinions, and each person has an equal voice. Complex hierarchies, power struggles, and social structures quickly explode into a community that can love and hate its members, its topics of discussion, and perhaps itself. Many people call certain newsgroups “home.” Howard Rheingold states: “In many different newsg
