Impoliteness and Computer-Mediated Discourse

Computer-Mediated Discourse

Computer-mediated discourse is the communication produced when human beings interact with one another by transmitting messages via networked computers. The study of computer-mediated discourse (henceforth CMD) is a specialization within the broader interdisciplinary study of computer-mediated communication (CMC), distinguished by its focus on language and language use in computer networked envi...

Impoliteness and mock-impoliteness A descriptive analysis

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Discourse analysis techniques for modeling computer-mediated collaboration

Online collaboration has become very common. Remotely-taught educational courses, collaboration with work divisions in remote locations, and coordinating military personnel distributed across an information-driven battlefield all require design work to construct systems that enable participants to effectively coordinate remotely. Understanding the complex interaction of online participants in a...

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Collaborative Discourse Structures in Computer Mediated Group Communications

Using application oriented conceptual maps to categorize the group discussion would be an advancement in the design of CMC systems to allow much larger groups to collaborate productively. The group meta communication process should allow the group to modify and evolve these conceptual discourse templates.