What is wrong with computer-mediated communication (CMC)—an educator's point of view

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Soreanu
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated

Cooperation and Collaboration Using Computer-Mediated Communication

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lesley G. Hathorn ◽  
Albert L. Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Collaborative Groups ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Cost

This study operationally defined and measured collaboration and compared the products and structure of collaborative groups that used computer-mediated communication. Key characteristics of collaboration selected from the literature were interdependence, synthesis, and independence, and a model for evaluating these characteristics was developed. All communication in this study occurred via asynchronous computer-mediated communication, using a threaded Web discussion. Participants in the study were graduate students, studying the same course with the same instructor at two venues. The students were divided into small groups from one or both venues, and four of these groups were studied. All students were given a problem to solve involving the cost-benefit trade-offs of distance education. The groups received different instructions. Two of them were told to collaborate on a solution, and the other two were told to select a role and discuss the problem from that point of view. Groups that were instructed to collaborate were more collaborative, but they produced a solution of a lower quality than the other groups. No conclusions could be drawn from the results on the structure of the groups. The role of collaboration in problem solving is discussed along with methods for creating more effective collaboration.

Le forum de discussion: espace public des temps modernes

2021 ◽  
Vol 9788879169776 ◽  
pp. 89-105
Author(s):  
Maria Rosa Compagnone
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Intellectual Life ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Espace Public ◽  
Intimate Life

Discussion forums on the web concern a large number of subjects such as domestic life (recipes and cooking), intimate life (pregnancy and sex life) or intellectual life (scientific subjects, school homework). Our study focuses on the analysis of the messages exchanged on the forums alfemminile.com, aufemminin. com, skuola.net, doctissimo.it and doctissimo.fr and its aim is therefore to examine, from a linguistic point of view, a type of network communication, discussion forums. While the research falls within the scope of analyzing the specifics of computer-mediated communication (CMO), it also helps to identify the diversity of writing practices with regard to the standard. Moreover it allows us to enrich our knowledge on the situation of text production, on writing, on reading text but also on the fictitious identity adopted by users such as genderswapping. This work, in a more general framework, will make it possible to know the trends in writing, which now integrates different semiotic forms, and finally to reflect on the influence of the medium on the very nature of the messages and the limits of this influence.

scholarly journals Alignment During Synchronous Video Versus Written Chat L2 Interactions: A Methodological Exploration

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 189-216
Author(s):  
Marije Michel ◽  
Marco Cappellini
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Structural Alignment ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Target Languages ◽  
Oral Interaction

AbstractConversational alignment (i.e., the automatic tendency of interactants to reuse each other's morphosyntactic structures and lexical choices in natural dialogue) is a well-researched phenomenon in native (Pickering & Ferreira, 2008) and to a smaller extent in second language (L2) speakers (Jackson, 2018) as confirmed by many highly controlled lab-based experimental studies investigating face-to-face oral interaction. Only a few studies have explored alignment in more naturally occurring L2 interactions (e.g., Dao, Trofimovich, & Kennedy, 2018), some of them extending the context to written computer-mediated communication (SCMC) (e.g., Michel & Smith, 2018).The current study aimed to address this gap by taking a closer look at alignment in L2 conversations mediated by two different types of SCMC (videoconference vs. text chat). We explored lexical as well as structural alignment in three target languages (Chinese, French, and German) involving interactional partners of different status (L2 peer, L1 peer, and L1 tutor).Results revealed that lexical and structural alignment are both present and observable in different SCMC contexts. From a methodological point of view, we discuss how different analyses suit the data generated by the affordances of the different SCMC contexts in the target languages and argue for a more dynamic and pervasive perspective on interaction.

scholarly journals A Study on the Anti-preemptive Usages of Person Deixis—Taking Instances from Cyber Language

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Hongya Fan ◽  
Rui Song
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Discursive Practices ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Practical Point ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
New Perspective

Although numerous researches have been conducted to probe into the anti-preemptive usages of person deixis, few researches have been carried out on that of cyber languages. Therefore, this paper mainly investigates the anti-preemptive usages of person deixis in cyber language, collects the linguistic data of buyers and sellers on Taobao and the discursive practices posted on Weibo, and analyses the pragmatic functions of the anti-preemptive usages of person deixis with relevant pragmatic theories. The study applies the egocentricity of deixis as theoretical framework and makes a comprehensive analysis of the data, aiming to provide a new perspective for the study of deixis. The study yields four influencing factors of anti-preemptive usages of person deixis: lack of deictic context, pragmatic intention of the speaker, social factors and register factors. This paper bears both theoretical and practical values. Theoretically, it is an empirical attempt to the study on anti-preemptive usages of person deixis in the field of computer-mediated communication. From a practical point of view, the findings of the study are conductive to provide interlocutors with guidance on the use of person deixis whether in virtual context or real life communication.

Le forum de discussion: espace public des temps modernes

2021 ◽  
Vol 9788879169776 ◽  
pp. 89-105
Author(s):  
Maria Rosa Compagnone
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Intellectual Life ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Writing Practices ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Reading Text ◽  
Espace Public ◽  
Intimate Life

Discussion forums on the web concern a large number of subjects such as domestic life (recipes and cooking), intimate life (pregnancy and sex life) or intellectual life (scientific subjects, school homework). Our study focuses on the analysis of the messages exchanged on the forums alfemminile.com, aufemminin. com, skuola.net, doctissimo.it and doctissimo.fr and its aim is therefore to examine, from a linguistic point of view, a type of network communication, discussion forums. While the research falls within the scope of analyzing the specifics of computer-mediated communication (CMO), it also helps to identify the diversity of writing practices with regard to the standard. Moreover it allows us to enrich our knowledge on the situation of text production, on writing, on reading text but also on the fictitious identity adopted by users such as genderswapping. This work, in a more general framework, will make it possible to know the trends in writing, which now integrates different semiotic forms, and finally to reflect on the influence of the medium on the very nature of the messages and the limits of this influence.

The meta-conventionalisation and moral order of e-practices

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 352-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dániel Z. Kádár ◽  
Saeko Fukushima
Keyword(s):  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Moral Order ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Online Interactions ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Popular Novel

Abstract This paper overviews the phenomenon of the meta-conventionalisation of interpersonal practices in the context of computer-mediated communication. The term ‘meta-conventionalisation’ refers to the coding of the conventional interpersonal practices of a particular group, or various groups, in the form of entertainment as films and novels. The word ‘meta’ refers to the fact that such pieces of artwork narrate a set of conventional practices from a quasi-observer point of view, without involving their audience in these practices as language users – in this sense they are different from good practice guides (typically described as ‘netiquette, in the context of e-pragmatics), which assume that readers will internalise the practices they describe. Meta-conventionalisation has been an understudied phenomenon, in spite of representing an important aspect of our daily lives. We illustrate how this phenomenon operates by examining a Japanese case study: a popular novel which features the online interactions of a group of otaku, that is, asocial young people who lock themselves up and interact in highly specific ways.

scholarly journals Computer-mediated communication in DIY discourse

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12155
Author(s):  
Svetlana Pervukhina ◽  
Mikhail Churikov
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Second Stage ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Do It Yourself

Do-It-Yourself discourse (DIY discourse) is communication aimed at teaching laymen to do professional processes and exchanging experiences in professional spheres. It is a very called-for tool for non-vocational training. DIY discourse comprises non-verbal, verbal, and polycode texts. In this research we analyzed general characteristics of DIY discourse. On the first stage of our research we selected articles from www.wikihow.com that teach the lay audience how to do different things. On the second stage of the research we analyzed genres that occur in the computer-mediated environment and polycode texts that represent the computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the DIY discourse. From a semiotic point of view, non-verbal texts are an emblem of a professional process, verbal texts provide a symbol side, and polycode texts combine an emblem and a symbol. We have found out that DIY discourse comprises several genres with different semiotic codes. It can have non-verbal, verbal and polycode format. We have come to the conclusion that polycode texts are the specific feature of computer-mediated communication. They are widely employed in DIY discourse to achieve a more profound comprehension of the professional processes.

scholarly journals LINGUISTIC ASPECTS AS CREATIVITY EXPRESSION IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED BUSINESS COMMUNICATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-335
Author(s):  
Irena Darginavičienė ◽  
Jelena Suchanova
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Constant Change

Business communication online has developed over time due to the constant change of modern communication technologies. Researchers affirm that digital technologies have both positive and negative impact on business communication. Creativity in business communication turns to be crucial in the realization of business opportunities. However, it is linked not only to imagination or original ideas. It also means innovation and innovativeness, the use of innovative digital technologies that help to fuel great ideas, enhance critical thinking, open new ways to business ambitions. The study is devoted to the analysis of linguistic aspects in computer-mediated business communication. Two types of digital business discourse – e-mail and websites of insurance companies – are analyzed with the focus on their linguistic features. From the linguistic point of view computer-mediated business communication differs from conventional business communication and the use of lexicon (e.g. special formal and standard vocabulary) is critical in making this communication successful. Grammatical features of business language are also of great relevance. Stylistic features employed in business communication are also crucial since they help to provide emphasis, achieve clarity and freshness of expression. Linguistic elements of computer-mediated communication in e-mails and analysed websites do not always coincide. The analysis has shown that websites tend to be less formal and compared to e-mails are more exposed to creative linguistic expressions.

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