Back in 2000, Robin Houghton completed an MA in Digital Media at the University of Sussex. Her research interests focused on email in the workplace and online community, and her terms papers and final dissertation can be found here (PDF files). Final mark: distinction.

e-mail in the workplace: an overview of its usage and effects (Dec 99)

One small episode of hegemonic struggle and cultural change: the ‘Millennium Prayer’ controversy (Dec 99)

‘You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave’ – towards an explanation of the holding power of online community (April 2000)

Exploring conventional and alternative ways of navigating around an informational website (April 2000) – accompanying report to a web project

Strategies of online discourse (August 2000) – Final dissertation arguing that the social organisation of a text-based, online community is formed, maintained and modified through the verbal interaction of its citizens.