Phatics and the design of community

Authors:
Kevin Makice
Affiliations:
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
Venue:
CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Proposed thesis research uses Twitter-a young channel for phatics communication-as a catalyst to promote community awareness and strengthen connections between members. This paper examines the phatic function, or messages about the communication channel, and its growing interest in HCI research. Examples of projects are described in the context of better understanding the role phatics play in community development.