DocumentCode :
3323290
Title :
Visual Conversation Styles in Web Communities
Author :
McDonald, David W.
Author_Institution :
The Inf. Sch., Washington Univ.
fYear :
2007
fDate :
Jan. 2007
Firstpage :
76
Lastpage :
76
Abstract :
Imagery and picture sharing are an important and growing part of online communities. Many prior studies of online interaction and collaboration rely heavily on text. This study takes a different analytic approach by focusing instead on the images that individuals use to present themselves and to interact. Image data collected from several online communities is analyzed to characterize a range of visual conversational styles. Four specific styles of visual conversation are illustrated and explained; positional play, image quote, text-in-picture and animation. These visual conversation styles are contrasted with textual communication techniques that are commonly taken for granted. The discussion identifies several tradeoffs when designing communities to promote visual conversation
Keywords :
computer mediated communication; groupware; human factors; interactive systems; Web community; imagery; picture sharing; visual conversation style; Animation; Data analysis; Focusing; Image analysis; Image converters; Information services; Internet; Mobile handsets; Online Communities/Technical Collaboration; Web sites;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
ISSN :
1530-1605
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2007.605
Filename :
4076521
Link To Document :
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