Toward an understanding of how threads die in asynchronous computer conferences
Toward an understanding of how threads die in asynchronous computer conferences
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DOI：
10.1207/s15327809jls1404_4
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Hewitt, J
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作者：
Hewitt, J
以前的计算机会议研究一直关注支持和维持在线交互的组织，技术，社会和动机因素。本文从另一个角度来研究网络互动。下面的研究不是分析维持话语的过程，而是探讨讨论如何以及为什么会停止。异步线程交互的计算机模拟表明，某些常见的在线习惯，当许多人实践时，会对某些线程的寿命产生不利影响。具体而言，在计算机会议会话期间将注意力集中在未读笔记上的广泛实践可能会产生饥饿状况，这会加速某些线程的死亡并降低不活动线程再次变为活动的可能性。因此，在线参与者在使用计算机会议界面时遵循的例程类型会部分影响线程的寿命。这一发现的教育意义进行了讨论，并提出了限制不良教育影响的策略。
Previous computer conferencing research has been concerned with the organizational, technical, social, and motivational factors that support and sustain online interaction. This article studies online interaction from a different perspective. Rather than analyze the processes that sustain discourse, the following research examines how and why discussions shut down. A computer simulation of asynchronous threaded interaction suggests that certain common online habits, when practiced by many people, can adversely affect the lifespan of some threads. Specifically, the widespread practice of focusing attention on unread notes during computer conferencing sessions can produce a starvation condition that hastens the death of some threads and reduces the likelihood that inactive threads will become active again. The longevity of a thread, therefore, is partially affected by the kinds of routines that online participants follow when they use a computer conferencing interface. The educational implications of this finding are discussed, and strategies are presented for limiting adverse educational effects.