Free Download The Permanently Connected Group (PeCoG): An Investigation of Non-Professional Secondary Groups' Communication via Mobile Instant Messaging Chats by Katharina Knop-Hülß
English | PDF (True) | 2023 | 277 Pages | ISBN : 3658432373 | 2.7 MB
The small group uniquely benefits from the ubiquitously available connective possibilities of mobile communication technologies. The group chat feature of mobile instant messaging applications (MIMAs, e.g., WhatsApp, Signal) provides small groups with a permanently accessible communication place where members can relay information to all others at once, independent of their spatiotemporal location. The resulting permanent collective addressability (PCA) of members has implications for group processes (e.g., group coordination, socio-emotional concerns of members). This book investigates the communicative activity in MIMA chats of 18 naturally occurring, goal-oriented groups in a non-professional setting using a standardized content analysis.