Genre Systems: Structuring Interaction through Communicative Norms
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چکیده
In this paper, we demonstrate that teams may use genre systems -sequences of interrelated communicative actions -strategically or habitually to structure their collaboration. Using data from three teams' use of a collaborative electronic technology, Team Room, over an eight month period, we illustrate that genre systems are a means of structuring six aspects of communicative interaction: purpose (why), content (what), form (how), participants (who/m), time (when), and place (where). We suggest that CSCW researchers, designers, implementors, and users may benefit from an explicit recognition of the role genre systems can play in collaboration.
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