Numerous studies address the ability of the computer-mediated communication (CMC) medium to carry social cues, e.g., social presence. This paper proposes to expand the study of social cues to include interpersonality measures directed toward messages within the CMC medium. Interpersonality is conceptualized as the joint measure of anticipated feedback and message coherence, factors that disting...

This paper discusses how semiotic engineering can support the formulation of problems and solutions involved in handling face-to-face (F2F) sociability models in computer-mediated communication (CMC). Based on a case study where a group of users migrated through different types of CMC systems, we show that the designer’s model of F2F sociability is extensively signified and encoded into technol...

This paper examines the politeness theory in light of Austin & Searle’s speech act as reflected CMC between students and their lecturers or supervisors. Thus aspects were analyzed enacted five categories such as: Assertives, commisives, directives, expressives, declaratives. The also examined other language that are usually present any form communication, Address phrases, meeting requests, ...

In this paper, we discuss the coordination problems in computer-mediated communication (CMC), and propose the concept of conditional anonymity as a potential solution. To support the concept, we briefly introduce our former project, changing the focus to the social impact of conditional anonymity. Finally, we discuss future challenges based on the experience.

Many have studied the interrelations between online spaces and offline contexts, highlighting that internet spaces are fundamentally embedded within specific social, cultural and material contexts. Drawing upon a study of breast cancer patients’ computer-mediated communication (CMC), this article aims to contribute to our understanding of the role of cultural elements in shaping the participati...

For millions of people, text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC) is a convenient and engaging way to exchange information and opinion. Research shows that the social ambiguity of text-based CMC, such as email, can both promote participation and group cohesion and lead to misunderstanding, offence and social division. We report a field experiment that attempted to expose some underlying ...

This essay describes two emergent phenomena related to multimodality in digital communications. The first phenomenon is interactive multimodal platforms—Web 2.0 platforms that support a convergence of channels or “modes” (text, audio, video, images) for user-to-user communication. The second is robot-mediated communication—humanhuman communication in which at least one party is telepresent thro...

The present study aimed at furthering the understanding of the potential effects of e-learner characteristics on e-learner satisfaction in an EFL context. Specifically, it examined the collective impact of computer anxiety, computer-mediated communication (CMC) apprehension, metacognitive self-regulation strategy use, mastery goal orientation, and performance goal orientation on EFL e-learner s...

Within the field of second language acquisition, pronunciation has received relatively little attention. This lack research can also be seen in general systematic pedagogical materials for training, effectively reinforcing “marginalized” nature classroom (Lee, Plonsky & Saito, 2019). Accordingly, current study investigated use synchronous/asynchronous computer-mediated communication as a method...