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They posted in Fun These lines one-by-one Avoiding their work all the day. You'll recall from this example that limericks rhyme and scan (iambic pentameter, and all that) a certain way: There once was an online Cafe Whose readers delighted in play. We write limericks, each person contributing a line at a time. Knows what to do, everyone participates appropriately, and the results areĪs intended: collectively composed limericks. The interaction goes smoothly, contributionsĪppearing every few hours, with only the most minimal of setups. Here we see twelve people working together, asynchronously, The moment, all the reader need know is that the example is being producedĪsynchronously through a web-based bulletin board system called 'Cafeįigure 1 shows the first fifteen contributions to the conversation (headersĪnd formatting omitted). The interface, system, and situation in which the example is embedded. That it is not as trivial as it might seem. Sense of the conversation, and second, and more importantly, to establish Now we'll take a brief look at the example. Has considerable control over the technical underpinnings of on-line communication,Īnd thus has partial control over the nature of the genre and itsĬonventions. Perspective is particularly valuable for system design, in that the designer Genre theory also supposes that communicativeĬonventions are not arbitrary, but rather arise in response to various technicalĪnd social forces which are implicit in the communicative situation. Genre theory is useful because it embodies this intuition and ties it in Or simply repeatedly expressed through group activity-as conventions. I will refer to such shared understandings-whether explicitly acknowledged Of 'the rules,' common expectations of and preferences for behavior,īoth in regard to the content and the conduct of the conversation. One of the intuitions underlying the application of genre theory is thatĪn important component of coherent conversations is a shared understanding A second goal is to look atĬMC through the lens of genre theory, and to understand how genre theory-typicallyĪpplied to speech and written communication-works as a way of understanding Ways of designing more effective CMC systems. Of how coherence is maintained in on-line discourse, which in turn may suggest

The intent is to arrive at a deeper understanding The principle goal of this paper is to examine an instance of a computer-mediatedĬonversation that repeatedly produces well-formed, successful results overĪ long period of time. The conversation well structured and directed towards a particular end. Larger groups-is maintaining the conversation's coherence, that is, keeping One of the challenges here-especially for Is, the size of face-to-face working groups found in many corporate, educational,Īnd governmental organizations. Groups ranging in size from a few members to several dozen members-that Interested in conversation that occurs via text, and in conversation among Through asynchronous, computer-mediated communication (CMC). My ultimate goal is to design systems that support smooth, focused collaborations

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The interface, concluding with suggestions on how to design systems which The emergence and enforcement of the conversation's conventions over theĬourse of a year, and examines the interplay between the conventions and Genre, and as it proceeds it develops new conventions. Two features seem important: it is structured by the conventions of a well-known That repeatedly succeeds in producing coherent results-is a counterexample. Such conversations often lack coherence, tending Watson Research don't support conversation well, particularly asynchronousĬonversations among groups. In an On-Line Participatory Limerick Genre * Rhyme and Punishment: The Creation and Enforcement of Conventions Rhyme and Punishment: On the Creation and Enforcement of Conventions in an On-Line Limerick Genre