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Empirical studies have documented a decline in indicators of social participation in the last five decades. The responsibility of social disengagement has often been attributed to pervasive busyness and the increasing pressure on time. In this paper we argue that computer-mediated interaction,...

We use experimental methods to study the power of leading by words. The context is a voluntary contribution mechanism with one-way communication. One group member can send a free-form text message to his fellow players. Contrary to the commonly accepted wisdom that the cooperation-enhancing...

In 7 Kapiteln definieren die Autoren zunächst, was Online-Kommunikation ist, in welchen Formen und Foren sie stattfindet und besprechen Online-Kommunikation als multimodales Zeichenhandeln. Sie behandeln danach das Thema der Identität und der sozialen Beziehungen, die politische Kommunikation...