Participation frameworks for computer mediated communication

  • Authors:
  • Marina Jirotka;Paul Luff;Nigel Gilbert

  • Affiliations:
  • United Kingdom;United Kingdom;United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • ECSCW'91 Proceedings of the second conference on European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

This paper is concerned with the development of a more complex view of the analysis of social interactions in CMC systems. There is an apparent paradox in findings of previous studies of text-based CMC which may be due to the nature of this type of communication for it requires users to orient to two models: conversation and text. This is illustrated by showing the detailed analysis of instances of interactions on a particular CMC system. By utilising the notion of feedback and exploring its function in conversation, we emphasize the need for a more refined view of the relationship between speaker, hearer and feedback. We draw on Goffman's analysis of social encounters and offer a preliminary view of the contributions that participation frameworks and production formats can make to CSCW.