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Popular Downloads (pdf)

Lea, M., O’Shea, T., Fung, P. & Spears, R. (1992). ‘Flaming’ in computer-mediated communication: Observations, explanations and implications. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 89–112). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1992). Social influence and the influence of the ‘social’ in computer-mediated communication. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 30–65). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1992). Paralanguage and social perception in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Organizational Computing, 2, 321–342.

Postmes, T., Spears, R., & Lea, M. (1999). Social identity, group norms, and “deindividuation”: Lessons from computer-mediated communication for social influence in the group. In N. Ellemers, R. Spears, & B. Doosje (Eds.), Social identity: Context, commitment, content. Oxford: Blackwell.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1991). Computer-mediated communication, deindividuation, and group decision-making. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34, 283–301 (Special issue on ‘Computer supported cooperative work and groupware’).

Journal Articles (pdf)

Rogers, P., & Lea, M. (2011). SIDE-VIEW: A social identity account of computer-supported collaborative learning. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 5(2), article 1

Lea, M., Spears, R., & Watt, S.E. (2007). Visibility and anonymity effects on attraction and group cohesiveness. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 761-773.

Rogers, P. & Lea, M. (2005). Social presence in distributed group environments: The role of social identity. Behaviour & Information Technology, 24,151-158.

Spears, R., Lea, M., Corneliussen, R. A., Postmes, T., & Ter Haar, W. (2002). Computer-mediated communication as a channel for social resistance: The strategic side of SIDE. Small Group Research 33, (5), 55-574. (Special Issue on ‘European views of computer-mediated communication’).

Spears, R., Postmes, T., Lea, M. & Wolbert, A. (2002). When are net effects gross products? The power of influence and the influence of power in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Social Issues 58, 91-107 (Invited contribution to Issue on ‘Consequences of the Internet for self and society”).

Postmes, T., Spears, R. & Lea, M. (2002). Intergroup differentiation in computer-mediated communication: Effects of depersonalization. Group Dynamics, Theory, Research and Practice, 6, 3-16. (Special issue on ‘Groups and the Internet’).

Lea, M., Rogers, P. & Postmes, T. (2002). SIDE-VIEW: Evaluation of a prototype system to develop team players and improve productivity in Internet collaborative learning groups. British Journal of Educational Technology 33, 53-64.

Lea, M., Spears, R. & de Groot, D. (2001). Knowing me, knowing you: Anonymity effects on social identity processes within groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 526-537.

Postmes, T. & Lea, M. (2000). Social processes and group decision making: Anonymity in group decision support systems. Ergonomics, 43, 1152–1274. (Special issue on ‘Contemporary theory and methods in the analysis of team working’).

Postmes, T., Spears, R. & Lea, M. (2000). The formation of group norms in computer-mediated communication. Human Communication Research, 26, 341–371.

Lea, M., Postmes, T. & Rogers, P. (1999). ‘SIDE-VIEW: An interactive web environment to support group collaborative learning. Educational Technology and Society 2, 33–34.

Postmes, T. Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1998). Breaching or building social boundaries? SIDE effects of computer-mediated communication. Communication Research 25, 689-715 (Special issue on ‘[Mis]communicating across boundaries’).

Lea, M., O’Shea, T. & Fung, P. (1995). Constructing the networked organization: Content and context in the development of electronic communications. Organization Science, 6, 4, 462–478 (Special issue on ‘Electronic communication and changing organizational forms’).

Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1994). Panacea or panopticon? The hidden power in computer-mediated communication. Communication Research, 21, 427–459.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1992). Paralanguage and social perception in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Organizational Computing, 2, 321–342.

Lea, M. (1991). Rationalist assumptions in cross-media comparisons of computer-mediated communication. Behaviour & Information Technology, 10, 153–172.

Parkinson, B. & Lea, M. (1991). Investigating personal constructs of emotions. British Journal of Psychology, 82, 73-86.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1991). Computer-mediated communication, deindividuation, and group decision-making. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34, 283–301 (Special issue on ‘Computer supported cooperative work and groupware’).

Spears, R., Lea, M. & Lee, S. (1990). De-individuation and group polarization in computer-mediated communication. British Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 121–134.

Book chapters (pdf)

Spears, R., Lea, M., Postmes, T., & Wolbert, A. (2014) A SIDE look at computer-mediated communication: Power and the gender divide.

Manstead, A.S.R., Lea, M. & Goh, J. (2011). Facing the future: Emotion communication and the presence of others in the age of video telephony. In Arvid Kappas (Ed.) Face-to-face communication over the Internet: Issues, research, challenges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pp. 144-175).

Parkinson, B. & Lea, M. (2011). Video-linking emotions. In Arvid Kappas (Ed.) Face-to-face communication over the Internet: Issues, research, challenges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pp. 100-126).

Spears, R. Lea, M. & Postmes, T. (2007). CMC and social identity. In A. Joinson, K. McKenna, T. Postmes, & U Reips (Eds.) Oxford handbook of Internet psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (pp. 253-272).

Rogers, P. & Lea, M. (2004). Cohesion in Online Groups. In K. Morgan, C. A. Brebbia, J. Sanchez & A. Voiskounsky (Eds.). Human Perspectives in the Internet Society: Culture, Psychology and Gender. Southampton: WIT Press (pp.115-124).

Lea, M., Spears, R. & Rogers, P. (2003). Social processes in electronic teamwork: The central issue of identity. In S. A. Haslam, D. van Knippenberg, M. J. Platow, & N. Ellemers (Eds.). Social identity at work: Developing theory for organizational practice. (pp. 99-116). New York: Psychology Press.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (2003). Social Psychology of the Internet. In K. Christensen & D. Levinson (Eds.) Sage encyclopedia of community: From the village to the virtual world. (pp. 779-783). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Watt, S. E., Lea, M., & Spears, R. (2002). How social is Internet communication? A reappraisal of bandwidth and anonymity effects. In S. Woolgar (Ed.) Virtual Society? (pp.61-77). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Spears, R., Lea, M., & Postmes, T. (2001). Social psychological theories of computer-mediated communication: Social pain or social gain? In W. P. Robinson and H. Giles (eds.) The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology (pp. 601-623). Chichester: Wiley.

Postmes, T., Spears, R., & Lea, M. (1999). Social identity, group norms, and “deindividuation”: Lessons from computer-mediated communication for social influence in the group. In N. Ellemers, R. Spears, & B. Doosje (Eds.), Social identity: Context, commitment, content. Oxford: Blackwell.

Lea, M & Giordano, R. (1997). Representations of the group and group processes in CSCW research: A case of premature closure? In G.C. Bowker, S. L. Star, W. Turner & L. Gasser, (eds.). Social Science, Technical Systems and Cooperative Work: Beyond the Great Divide (pp. 5-26). Mahwah, NJ: LEA

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1995). Love at first byte? Building personal relationships over computer networks. In J. T. Wood & S. Duck (Eds.). Under-Studied Relationships: Off the Beaten Track (pp. 197–233). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1992). Social influence and the influence of the ‘social’ in computer-mediated communication. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 30–65). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

Lea, M., O’Shea, T., Fung, P. & Spears, R. (1992). ‘Flaming’ in computer-mediated communication: Observations, explanations and implications. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 89–112). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

Here is a link to download all my publications in a single zip file.

Popular Downloads (pdf)

Lea, M., O’Shea, T., Fung, P. & Spears, R. (1992). ‘Flaming’ in computer-mediated communication: Observations, explanations and implications. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 89–112). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1992). Social influence and the influence of the ‘social’ in computer-mediated communication. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 30–65). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1992). Paralanguage and social perception in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Organizational Computing, 2, 321–342.

Postmes, T., Spears, R., & Lea, M. (1999). Social identity, group norms, and “deindividuation”: Lessons from computer-mediated communication for social influence in the group. In N. Ellemers, R. Spears, & B. Doosje (Eds.), Social identity: Context, commitment, content. Oxford: Blackwell.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1991). Computer-mediated communication, deindividuation, and group decision-making. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34, 283–301 (Special issue on ‘Computer supported cooperative work and groupware’).

Journal Articles (pdf)

Rogers, P., & Lea, M. (2011). SIDE-VIEW: A social identity account of computer-supported collaborative learning. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 5(2), article 1

Lea, M., Spears, R., & Watt, S.E. (2007). Visibility and anonymity effects on attraction and group cohesiveness. European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 761-773.

Rogers, P. & Lea, M. (2005). Social presence in distributed group environments: The role of social identity. Behaviour & Information Technology, 24,151-158.

Spears, R., Lea, M., Corneliussen, R. A., Postmes, T., & Ter Haar, W. (2002). Computer-mediated communication as a channel for social resistance: The strategic side of SIDE. Small Group Research 33, (5), 55-574. (Special Issue on ‘European views of computer-mediated communication’).

Postmes, T., Spears, R. & Lea, M. (2002). Intergroup differentiation in computer-mediated communication: Effects of depersonalization. Group Dynamics, Theory, Research and Practice, 6, 3-16. (Special issue on ‘Groups and the Internet’).

Lea, M., Rogers, P. & Postmes, T. (2002). SIDE-VIEW: Evaluation of a prototype system to develop team players and improve productivity in Internet collaborative learning groups. British Journal of Educational Technology 33, 53-64.

Lea, M., Spears, R. & de Groot, D. (2001). Knowing me, knowing you: Anonymity effects on social identity processes within groups. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 526-537.

Postmes, T. & Lea, M. (2000). Social processes and group decision making: Anonymity in group decision support systems. Ergonomics, 43, 1152–1274. (Special issue on ‘Contemporary theory and methods in the analysis of team working’).

Postmes, T., Spears, R. & Lea, M. (2000). The formation of group norms in computer-mediated communication. Human Communication Research, 26, 341–371.

Lea, M., Postmes, T. & Rogers, P. (1999). ‘SIDE-VIEW: An interactive web environment to support group collaborative learning. Educational Technology and Society 2, 33–34.

Postmes, T. Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1998). Breaching or building social boundaries? SIDE effects of computer-mediated communication. Communication Research 25, 689-715 (Special issue on ‘[Mis]communicating across boundaries’).

Lea, M., O’Shea, T. & Fung, P. (1995). Constructing the networked organization: Content and context in the development of electronic communications. Organization Science, 6, 4, 462–478 (Special issue on ‘Electronic communication and changing organizational forms’).

Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1994). Panacea or panopticon? The hidden power in computer-mediated communication. Communication Research, 21, 427–459.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1992). Paralanguage and social perception in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Organizational Computing, 2, 321–342.

Lea, M. (1991). Rationalist assumptions in cross-media comparisons of computer-mediated communication. Behaviour & Information Technology, 10, 153–172.

Parkinson, B. & Lea, M. (1991). Investigating personal constructs of emotions. British Journal of Psychology, 82, 73-86.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1991). Computer-mediated communication, deindividuation, and group decision-making. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34, 283–301 (Special issue on ‘Computer supported cooperative work and groupware’).

Spears, R., Lea, M. & Lee, S. (1990). De-individuation and group polarization in computer-mediated communication. British Journal of Social Psychology, 29, 121–134.

Book chapters (pdf)

Spears, R., Lea, M., Postmes, T., & Wolbert, A. (2014) A SIDE look at computer-mediated communication: Power and the gender divide.

Manstead, A.S.R., Lea, M. & Goh, J. (2011). Facing the future: Emotion communication and the presence of others in the age of video telephony. In Arvid Kappas (Ed.) Face-to-face communication over the Internet: Issues, research, challenges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pp. 144-175).

Parkinson, B. & Lea, M. (2011). Video-linking emotions. In Arvid Kappas (Ed.) Face-to-face communication over the Internet: Issues, research, challenges. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (pp. 100-126).

Spears, R. Lea, M. & Postmes, T. (2007). CMC and social identity. In A. Joinson, K. McKenna, T. Postmes, & U Reips (Eds.) Oxford handbook of Internet psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (pp. 253-272).

Rogers, P. & Lea, M. (2004). Cohesion in Online Groups. In K. Morgan, C. A. Brebbia, J. Sanchez & A. Voiskounsky (Eds.). Human Perspectives in the Internet Society: Culture, Psychology and Gender. Southampton: WIT Press (pp.115-124).

Lea, M., Spears, R. & Rogers, P. (2003). Social processes in electronic teamwork: The central issue of identity. In S. A. Haslam, D. van Knippenberg, M. J. Platow, & N. Ellemers (Eds.). Social identity at work: Developing theory for organizational practice. (pp. 99-116). New York: Psychology Press.

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (2003). Social Psychology of the Internet. In K. Christensen & D. Levinson (Eds.) Sage encyclopedia of community: From the village to the virtual world. (pp. 779-783). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Watt, S. E., Lea, M., & Spears, R. (2002). How social is Internet communication? A reappraisal of bandwidth and anonymity effects. In S. Woolgar (Ed.) Virtual Society? (pp.61-77). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Spears, R., Lea, M., & Postmes, T. (2001). Social psychological theories of computer-mediated communication: Social pain or social gain? In W. P. Robinson and H. Giles (eds.) The New Handbook of Language and Social Psychology (pp. 601-623). Chichester: Wiley.

Postmes, T., Spears, R., & Lea, M. (1999). Social identity, group norms, and “deindividuation”: Lessons from computer-mediated communication for social influence in the group. In N. Ellemers, R. Spears, & B. Doosje (Eds.), Social identity: Context, commitment, content. Oxford: Blackwell.

Lea, M & Giordano, R. (1997). Representations of the group and group processes in CSCW research: A case of premature closure? In G.C. Bowker, S. L. Star, W. Turner & L. Gasser, (eds.). Social Science, Technical Systems and Cooperative Work: Beyond the Great Divide (pp. 5-26). Mahwah, NJ: LEA

Lea, M. & Spears, R. (1995). Love at first byte? Building personal relationships over computer networks. In J. T. Wood & S. Duck (Eds.). Under-Studied Relationships: Off the Beaten Track (pp. 197–233). Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Spears, R. & Lea, M. (1992). Social influence and the influence of the ‘social’ in computer-mediated communication. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 30–65). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

Lea, M., O’Shea, T., Fung, P. & Spears, R. (1992). ‘Flaming’ in computer-mediated communication: Observations, explanations and implications. In M. Lea (Ed.) Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication. (pp. 89–112). London: Harvester-Wheatsheaf.

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