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51	A study on characteristics of youth's interpersonal relationships in cyberspace 何健華, Ho, Kin-wa. January 2002 (has links) published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Science in Information Technology in Education Youth - China - Hong Kong. Interpersonal relations.
52	Comics fandom in Hong Kong: a study of internet newsgroups Ng, Wing-yee., 吳穎兒. January 2003 (has links) published_or_final_version / Sociology / Master / Master of Philosophy Online chat groups - Social aspects.
53	Internet chat room participation and the coming-out experiences of young gay men : a qualitative study Thomas, Allen Britton 09 May 2011 (has links) Not available / text Online chat groups--Florida--Tampa Bay
54	The use of Cantonese sentence-final particles in ICQ chats Ho, Wing-see, Cecilia., 何穎思. January 2003 (has links) published_or_final_version / abstract / toc / Linguistics / Master / Master of Arts Cantonese dialects - Particles. Telematics - China - Hong Kong. Online chat groups - China - Hong Kong.
55	Impression management in computer-mediated communication : an exploratory qualitative analysis Becker, Jennifer A. January 1999 (has links) This study investigates the phenomenon of impression management in computer-mediated communication (CMC), particularly chat rooms. Past research has overlooked the occurrence of this phenomenon; however, connections can be drawn from the body of research on impression management in face-to-face communication as well as the body of research on CMC. Indeed, impression management is an integral part of chat room interaction.A screening survey was administered to 382 college students to identify those students who interacted in chat rooms regularly and admitted to engaging in impression management and misrepresenting their identities. Ten such students were interviewed. Their accounts were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using the grounded theory methodology. The analysis revealed that a set of antecedent conditions influence the phenomenon of impression management, which is managed by two action/interactional strategies and results in an outcome. / Department of Speech Communication Passing (Identity) -- Computer networks. Online chat groups. Deception -- Computer networks.
56	Conditions for successful online mentoring Nchindila, Bernard Mwansa 01 1900 (has links) This study examines the conditions for successful online mentoring in order to develop writing skills in English in a workplace setting. Chapter 1 gives the background and context of the study. Problems to be addressed in the study and the aims, objectives, hypotheses and their rationale are presented. This is followed by testing procedures, research design, sources of data and research procedures. In Chapter 2, the literature review supports the hypotheses on the need for collaboration in materials development and delivery, mentoring relationships, motivation and computer and Internet efficacy. Chapter 3 presents the findings from the case study bringing into focus problems that would jeopardise a mentoring programme if training providers do not pay attention to the hypotheses. The findings are collated and the hypotheses are confirmed. Conditions for successful online mentoring are spelt out in Chapter 4. The study concludes that online mentoring works once the conditions are properly followed. / English Studies / M.A. (TESOL) 650.130968 Mentoring -- South Africa Mentoring in business -- South Africa Written communication -- South Africa Electronic mail messages -- South Africa Online chat groups -- South Africa
57	Internet as a medium to seek partners among men who have sex with men. Rice, Shelia Renee. Tortolero, Susan, Shegog, Ross, January 2008 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas School of Public Health. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 2008. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: B, page: 0973. Adviser: Michael W. Ross. Includes bibliographical references.
58	Conditions for successful online mentoring Nchindila, Bernard Mwansa 01 1900 (has links) This study examines the conditions for successful online mentoring in order to develop writing skills in English in a workplace setting. Chapter 1 gives the background and context of the study. Problems to be addressed in the study and the aims, objectives, hypotheses and their rationale are presented. This is followed by testing procedures, research design, sources of data and research procedures. In Chapter 2, the literature review supports the hypotheses on the need for collaboration in materials development and delivery, mentoring relationships, motivation and computer and Internet efficacy. Chapter 3 presents the findings from the case study bringing into focus problems that would jeopardise a mentoring programme if training providers do not pay attention to the hypotheses. The findings are collated and the hypotheses are confirmed. Conditions for successful online mentoring are spelt out in Chapter 4. The study concludes that online mentoring works once the conditions are properly followed. / English Studies / M.A. (TESOL) 650.130968 Mentoring -- South Africa Mentoring in business -- South Africa Written communication -- South Africa Electronic mail messages -- South Africa Online chat groups -- South Africa
59	Learner use of French second-person pronouns in synchronous electronic communication. McCourt, Claire A. 12 1900 (has links) This study analyzes students' use of the French second-person pronouns tu (T) and vous (V) in small-group (2-3 students) inter-learner online chat sessions. The influence of internal linguistic factors (i.e., turn type and morphosyntactic environment) on learners' appropriate vs. inappropriate use of these pronouns is considered. The study also investigates the influence of Instructional Level on tu-vous use and the extent to which students from different instructional levels provide various types of peer assistance (e.g., lexical, morphosyntactic, and sociolinguistic/pragmatic) . Pronoun use was extremely unstable for learners of all levels, and a Kruskal-Wallis analysis revealed that Instructional Level did not significantly affect appropriate T/V use overall. Instructional Level and Syntax did, however, significantly affect interrogative T/V use, as shown through multivariate analyses. Peer-assisted performance was limited to lexical retrieval. Pedagogical recommendations are presented for teaching and learning second-person pronouns in French. sociolinguistics second language acquisition pragmatic variation peer assistance pronouns French French language -- Pronoun. Web-based instruction. Online chat groups.
60	On-line friendships Zaczek, Dominika 28 February 2004 (has links) The purpose of the study was to investigate the prevalence and quality of on-line friendships, to find which individual characteristics differentiate people who look for and form on-line friendship(s) from those who don't, and to discover factors which are of importance for the development of on-line friendship(s). 574 Internet users completed an on-line questionnaire. The results showed that: (1) almost 50% of respondents had on-line friendship(s); (2) off-line friendships were better developed than on-line friendships. However, there was only a minor difference between the quality of the best off-line and best on-line friendships; (3) the Internet was a safe place for building personal relationships, especially for shy individuals; (4) people who felt lonely were more likely to turn to the Internet to find friends; (5) Internet usage and attitudes to the Internet were significant factors that differentiated those who looked for and formed friendship(s) on-line from those who didn't. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology) Social support Loneliness Internet usage Attitudes to the Internet Sociability Shyness Computer Mediated Communication Quality of friendship Internet users Internet On-line personal relationships Friendship 158.25 Friendship -- Computer networks Bashfulness Loneliness Social support Online chat groups Computer users

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