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Groups in Groups: Conversational Similarity in Online
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Wang, Hao-Chuan Brainstorming, Multicultural Multiparty Fussell, Susan R. |
| Abstract | Online collaboration, in comparison to face-to-face collaboration, is advantageous in making multiparty teamwork possible at a very low cost. As multicultural multiparty collaboration becomes ubiquitous, it is crucial to understand how communication processes are shaped in the social and media environments that computer-mediated communication affords. We conducted a laboratory study investigating how different types of cultural asymmetry in group composition (Chinese of the majority versus American of the majority) and communication media (text-only versus video-enabled chatroom) influence conversational similarity between Chinese and Americans. The paper presents an analysis identifying that the selection of media and the cultural composition of the group jointly shape intercultural conversational closeness. Author Keywords Computer-mediated communication, communication accommodation, multiparty teamwork, cross-cultural communication, group brainstorming |
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| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cultural Asymmetry Influence Conversational Similarity Text-only Versus Video-enabled Chatroom Conversational Similarity Laboratory Study Cultural Composition Communication Accommodation Communication Process Group Composition Multicultural Multiparty Collaboration Intercultural Conversational Closeness Computer-mediated Communication Affords Medium Environment Cross-cultural Communication Multiparty Teamwork Online Collaboration Analysis Identifying Communication Medium Low Cost Face-to-face Collaboration Author Keywords Computer-mediated Communication Group Brainstorming |
| Content Type | Text |
