Collaborative Discourse Structures in Computer Mediated Group Communications

نویسندگان

  • Murray Turoff
  • Starr Roxanne Hiltz
  • Michael Bieber
  • Ajaz Rana
  • Jerry Fjermestad
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Computer-Mediated Communication

دوره 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999