Virtual Teamwork: What Characterizes It, How It Works, and How to Design ItAbstract: Rapid technological progress and increasing globalization are leading to a steady growth in so-called virtual teams, i. e., groups of people who work ...
Abstract: Information and communication technologies have profoundly changed the way people daily remember and discuss opinions and information while interacting and collaborating with common everyday activities such as working, ...
Summary: Following the Collective Information Sampling Model (Stasser & Titus, 1985), groups are more likely to discuss information if it is held by all members (shared information) than if it is held by only one member (unshared information). As groups ...
Responding to misconceptions is an essential part of adaptive instruction. Nevertheless, research on both tutoring and expert–layperson communication has identified at least two problems that online counselors share with both face-to-face and online ...
Abstract. This research concerns the influence of dominant/dominated asymmetries in the perceptual structure of social categories in computer-mediated communication (CMC). We explore the connection between the cognitive effects described by the social ...
Abstract.Background: This study investigates how children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) make use of computer gaming and computer-mediated communication (CMC) in comparison to their nonautistic ...
Collaborative knowledge construction in computer-mediated communication: Effects of cooperation scripts on aquisition of application-oriented knowledgeAbstract. Goals of this study are the analysis and the facilitation of knowledge acquisition in ...
The Influence of Group Memberships on the Information Exchange in Digital MediaAbstract. Digital media have become a central means for information exchange in learning and work environments. The decrease of social cues during computer-mediated ...
This paper provides a selective review of the emerging research field of net-based knowledge communication in groups. The review is conceptualized around three problems that designers of net-based knowledge communication will face (cluttering of content, ...
This research explores peoples disclosures of emphatic interaction – the behavioral effects resulting from parasocial relationships – with National Basketball Association (NBA) team owner, Mark Cuban, while he participated on American Broadcasting ...
In this article, we provide the nontechnical reader with a fundamental understanding of the components of virtual reality (VR) and a thorough discussion of the role VR has played in social science. First, we provide a brief overview of the hardware and ...
Abstract. This study investigated how individuals’ perceptions of features of online social interaction may foster communicative disinhibition that predicts problematic Internet use (PIU). The value that study participants placed on the ...
Abstract. This study tests two models of perceptual disconfirmation. Perceptual disconfirmation occurs when individuals have a negative expectation regarding their future conversation partners’ demeanor, but after conversing with and ...
Abstract. First articulated in 2008, the concept of identity shift refers to the process of self-transformation that is the result of intentional self-presentation in a mediated context. As research into identity shift has become ...
Abstract. Emotions are an important element of human interactions, including those in social media. Despite the prominence of text-based messages in online communication, little is known about how the emotional tone of the messages affects ...