{"title":"A Case Study of Coherence in Workplace Instant Messaging","authors":"C. Lam, J. Mackiewicz","doi":"10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464067","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a case study of two individuals' workplace instant messages. More specifically, it examines the strategies for maintaining a coherent conversation present in their IM manuscripts. It then presents three strategies that the two participants used. Finally, the article presents recommendations for future work on workplace instant messaging.","PeriodicalId":348807,"journal":{"name":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2007 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCC.2007.4464067","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 11
Abstract
This article presents a case study of two individuals' workplace instant messages. More specifically, it examines the strategies for maintaining a coherent conversation present in their IM manuscripts. It then presents three strategies that the two participants used. Finally, the article presents recommendations for future work on workplace instant messaging.