Leveling the Organizational Playing Field—Virtually

Rains, Stephen A.

doi:10.1177/0093650204273763

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“…The cues-filtered-out perspective (Culnan & Markus, 1987) is grounded in the basic idea that the reduction in social cues (e.g., facial expressions) that typifies much computer-mediated interaction can lead to less personal communication. In some instances, this reduction in social cues is argued to be beneficial by mitigating offline status differences and encouraging interactants to focus on the content of the ideas being shared as opposed to the individuals proposing the ideas (for a review, see Rains, 2005). Yet, in other instances, reduced social cues have been argued to encourage disinhibited and antisocial behavior such as flaming (for a review, see O'Sullivan & Flanagin, 2003).…”

Section: Incivility Public Discussion and The Internetmentioning

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Online and Uncivil? Patterns and Determinants of Incivility in Newspaper Website Comments

2014

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Section: Incivility Public Discussion and The Internetmentioning

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Online and Uncivil? Patterns and Determinants of Incivility in Newspaper Website Comments

2014

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“…In a recent meta‐analysis, computer‐mediated teams were found to have more equal participation and influence, generate more unique ideas, and have less member dominance than face‐to‐face teams (Rains, 2005). Yet, they struggle with their intrateam processes (Cramton, 2001; Driskell et al, 2003; Thompson & Coovert, 2003).…”

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Team Decision Making in Computer‐Supported Cooperative Work: How Initial Computer‐Mediated or Face‐to‐Face Meetings Set the Stage for Later Outcomes*

Kennedy¹,

Vozdolska²,

McComb³

2010

Decision Sciences

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The success of teams working together over multiple meetings may depend on how processes develop at initial meetings. Computer-mediated tools, in particular, may hinder team process development which may set the stage for shortcomings later. One recommendation is to hold the initial team meeting face to face. Herein, we examine social processes over time and whether computer-mediated teams completing their first session face to face can offset the shortcomings in process development and outcomes in their second session. Using longitudinal data we test the differences in, and relationships among, processes and outputs across teams that met twice as computer mediated, twice as face to face, or as mixed media (first as face to face and second as computer mediated). Results indicate computer-mediated teams reported lower participative decision making than face-to-face teams after the first session and the disparity continued at the second session. Mixed-media teams, however, had improved participative decision making over pure computer-mediated teams in the long run. Further, mixed-media teams reported team satisfaction similar to pure face-to-face teams and delivered a task performance between that of pure computer-mediated and pure face-to-face teams. Interestingly, mixed-media teams experienced increased conflict over time, while conflict in pure media teams decreased. Our results suggest that practitioners may want to require an initial * We thank the two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

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“…They allow the observation of interactions among numerous participants. In addition, research shows that participants are more prone to express sincere opinions during online discussions than during offline discussions (Rains, 2005;Bargh, McKenna, Fitzsimmons, 2002;Min, 2007). The lack of a social presence may shield the participant from the risk associated with deliverance and may also provide the safety and convenience of a private environment -where participants dwell during a discussion -thus alleviating inhibitions which otherwise might impede their public expression (Stromer-Galley, 2003).…”

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The political construction of old age as reflected in online discussions

Bene

2015

CJSSP

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The present paper examines the political construction of ageing and conflicts between generations. The process of construction is driven not merely by institutional actors and opinion leaders in the media, but also by citizens who talk to each other about politics. In my paper I have focused on the latter by observing online discussions that appear on the political forum Index.hu. Disagreement between old people' and 'young people' evolved mainly about the pension system, thus the examination of ageing constructions is embedded in this context. In spite of its numerous limits, the method used seems to be suitable for providing hypotheses for further research. In the first part of the study I present the applied theoretical approach in which the concept of stereotype is connected with the concept of social construction. After that I focus on investigating the activity, origin and contents of the stereotypes that influence the construction of ageing. In the third part of the study the components of the constructions are demonstrated.

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Leveling the Organizational Playing Field—Virtually

Abstract: One of the most heralded features of group support systems (GSSs

Cited by 58 publications

References 96 publications

Online and Uncivil? Patterns and Determinants of Incivility in Newspaper Website Comments

Online and Uncivil? Patterns and Determinants of Incivility in Newspaper Website Comments

Team Decision Making in Computer‐Supported Cooperative Work: How Initial Computer‐Mediated or Face‐to‐Face Meetings Set the Stage for Later Outcomes*

The political construction of old age as reflected in online discussions

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