Supporting awareness plays a prominent role in facilitating natural and effective communication in Instant Messaging (IM). This paper reports our empirical study of awareness in I...
Responsiveness, or the time until a person responds to communication, can affect the dynamics of a conversation as well as participants' perceptions of one another. In this p...
Daniel Avrahami, Susan R. Fussell, Scott E. Hudson
Many instant messenger (IM) clients let a person specify the identifying name that appears in another person’s contact list. We have noticed that many people add extra informati...
The popularity of instant messaging (IM) system creates a new way for human communication. Along with this trend, IM system is broadly applied in cooperative learning. There isnâ€...
Instant Messaging (IM) is a popular chatting platform on the internet and increasingly permeates teenage life. Even intimate and emotional content is discussed. As touch is a powe...