Affordances and Text-Making Practices in Online Instant Messaging

Autor/in	Lee, Carmen K.-M.
Titel	Affordances and Text-Making Practices in Online Instant Messaging
Quelle	In: Written Communication, 24 (2007) 3, S.223-249 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-0883
DOI	10.1177/0741088307303215
Schlagwörter	Written Language; Multilingualism; Familiarity; Ecological Factors; Computer Mediated Communication; Social Theories; Ecology; Interviews; Keyboarding (Data Entry); Animals; Environment; Literacy; Internet; Young Adults; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschriebene Sprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ökologischer Ansatz; Computerkonferenz; Gesellschaftstheorie; Ökologie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Texterfassung; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Umwelt; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This study examines the factors influencing language and script choice in instant messaging (IM), a form of real-time computer-mediated communication, in a multilingual setting. Grounded in the New Literacy Studies, the study understands IM as a social practice involving texts, encompassing a range of literacy practices, within which a subset called "text-making practices" is highlighted in this article. Drawing on results from an analysis of chat texts, interviews, and logbooks collected from 19 young people, the author suggests that the text-making practices related to language and writing system choice are guided by the perceived affordances of the IM technology and the available linguistic resources. Seven ecological factors influencing these perceptions have been identified: "perceived expressiveness of the language", "perceived functions of IM", "user familiarity with the language", "user identification with the language", "technical constraints of inputting methods", "speed", and "perceived practicality of the writing system". The author argues that these factors often co-occur in real use. (Contains 2 figures, 1 table, 7 excerpts, and 2 notes.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10