Zur Problematik der Synchronizität computervermittelter Kommunikation.

Autor/in	Thaler, Verena
Titel	Zur Problematik der Synchronizität computervermittelter Kommunikation.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für angewandte Linguistik, (2005) 43, S. 79-101Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	deutsch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1433-9889
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Kommunikation; Digitale Medien; Computer; Diskursanalyse; Vergleichende Analyse; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	Web-chats, one of the most popular forms of computer-mediated communication, are usually considered a form of synchronous communication, as opposed to asynchronous forms of communication such as e-mails, forums or weblogs. For the first time in the history of communication, web-chats allow an interactive written exchange between participants, instantly displaying the messages of those present. However, for several reasons, it doesn't seem justified to describe web-chats as a synchronous form of communication, as is demonstrated in the paper. The first part of the paper focuses on the Theory of Media Synchronicity (Dennis/Valacich 1999; 2002) as a theoretical framework allowing us to determine the degree of synchronicity of a media form by means of five media characteristics. It not only illuminates some of the aspects specific to chat rooms, due to their relatively low degree of synchronicity, but also explains, for which kinds of communication processes chats are expected to perform best. The second part illustrates some consequences of the supposed low degree of synchronicity of chat-communication by means of three linguistic phenomena. Comparing chat-communication to synchronous face-to-face communication within these three examples gives an idea of the empirical consequences of the theoretical analysis proposed in the first part of the paper. (Verlag, adapt.).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2023/1