Conversational Structure and Personality Correlates of Electronic Communication

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1992
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Haverford College. Department of Psychology
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Differences in communicative structures was studied on three electronic communication systems, two interactive (LambdaMOO and InterRelay Chat) and one non-interactive (VaxNotes, an electronic bulletin board), in two difference subsettings (on each systems, a topic focused on computing and a more general topic) by coding transcripts of conversation according to type of utterance. Significant results were found that the LambdaMOO setting had more greeting statements, statements indicating interaction with system code, statements relating to computing, and a trend toward more affectionate statements. Notes, however, contained the most biographical information statements, more statements coded "other," and a trend toward more humorous statements. The experiments concluded that this study provides some basic data that can delineate the differences between different systems of electronic communication, and that can be generalized to speculate on some personality correlates of people who use these systems. However, the researchers also concluded that much more work needs to be done on both communicative and personality aspects of electronic communication.
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