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Senft, Theresa M.

doi:10.4135/9781412950657.n38

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“…IM comprises other functions than mere transmission of messages, such as the notification of the recipient about the delivery of a new message-"pop-up mechanism" (Quan-Haase, 2008)-and presence/availability awareness and management associated with the "contact list" (see Quan-Haase & Collins, 2008). These functions are at least as important per se as is the synchronous CMC feature (Larson, 2003;Senft, 2003) and tend to transform the CMC software into a surveillance device (Quan-Haase & Collins, 2008, p. 539). Licoppe, Proulx, and Cudicio (2010) define IM as mainly text-based, almost simultaneous, and usually hybrid (client/server and P2P) type of communication, the specificity of which is copresence management.…”

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“…One difficulty, when trying to trace the origins of chat, comes from the multiplicity of innovation sources. As Theresa Senft (2003) puts it, Because of simultaneous developments in mainframebased time-sharing systems and in microcomputerbased bulletin-board services, chat has never followed a singular line of evolution. Thus, the answer to "how electronic chatting began" often changes depending on who is asked, and when.…”

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Metaphors of Synchrony: Emergence and Differentiation of Online Chat Devices

Latzko-Toth

2010

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society

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Through a detailed account of the history of online chat devices, this article shows the emergence, over time, of two distinct interactional formats underlying these social media. They may be captured by two generic metaphors of synchrony: conference (a gathering in a virtual place where unfocused interactions and group sociability occur) and copresence (where practices are centered on the sustainment of contact between individuals who know each other). Internet Relay Chat (IRC) appears as the archetype of the conference format. This notion of chat involves the existence of a relatively persistent shared space-conjured up by various specific metaphors: room, channel, and so on-inside which users get together and through which they are able to find other users, with whom they may weave electronic social ties that may possibly lead to offline relationships. The other format is associated with instant messaging (IM) devices, on the model of "ICQ" software. Although there seems to be a decline in interest for devices based on the former format, those based on the latter benefit from a growing popularity, possibly indicating deeper sociological implications.

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