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2017
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(2017): The use and impact of Twitter at medical conferences. Best practices and Twitter etiquette. In: Seminars in Hematology 54 (4), S. 184-188. DOI: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2017.08.003
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1053/j.seminhematol.2017.08.003 Abstract: The use of social media, and in particular, Twitter, for professional use among healthcare providers is rapidly increasing across the world. One medical subspecialty that is leading the integration of this new platform for communication into daily practice and for information dissemination to the general public is the field of hematology/oncology. A growing amount of research in this area demonstrates that there is increasing interest among physicians to learn not only how to use social media for consumption of educational material, but also how to generate and contribute original content in one’s interest/expert areas. One aspect in which this phenomenon has been highlighted is at the time of maximum new information presentation: at a major medical conference. Hematologists/oncologists are engaging regularly in one of the most common forms of social media, Twitter, during major medical conferences, for purposes of debate, discussion, and real-time evaluation of the data being presented. As interest has grown in this area, this article aims to review the new norms, practices, and impact of using Twitter at the time of medical conferences, and also explores some of the barriers and pitfalls that users are encountering in this emerging field.
2016
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(2016): A cross-cultural comparative analysis of small group collaboration using mobile twitter. In: Computers in Human Behavior 65, S. 308-318. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.08.043
Abstract: This study was undertaken to determine the distinctive user behaviors and patterns of participants communicating using Twitter on a mobile device in a small-group collaborative setting. Participants were from Western and Eastern cultures (the United States and Korea). Tweets were coded and classified and the results analyzed. Several cultural dimensions were utilized to detect subtle differences between participants from these two different cultures in their dynamic mobile exchanges. Systematic differences in microblogging behaviors were found mostly in the direction predicted by the findings of previous studies on differences in national culture; however, we also report new and interesting findings that contribute to the knowledge base. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings and how this mobile communication information technology can be leveraged to the advantage of individuals and organizations.
Keywords: Art des Kommunikationsmediums, Disziplin, East-West divide, Informations- & Kommunikationstechnik, Interaktion, Kultur, Kultursensibilität, Kulturspezifizität, Kulturtheorie, Mensch-Technik-Relationen (MTR), microblogging behaviours, mobile communication technology, national culture, Realtechnik, Technik, Twitter, user behaviour -
(2016): when I need/want to. Normativity, identity, and form in user construals of ‘talk-like’ tweeting. In: Discourse, Context & Media 14, S. 54-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.dcm.2016.09.003
Abstract: The focus of this study is on how Twitter users construe talk-like tweeting in metalinguistic utterances. In a material of tweets containing or responding to explicit comparisons of tweeting to talking (N=520), a broad range of construals are identified, showing Twitter users associating talk-likeness with, e.g., notions of the textual representation of voice, of grammatical (in-)correctness, of accurately reflecting one's 'real-life' identity, and of regional or social variation in language use. These associations frequently serve normative functions, enforcing or contesting linguistic and discursive norms in both serious and playful ways. The findings offer a novel perspective on the oft-debated orality of computer-mediated discourse, providing a window on how a process of enregisterment (Agha, 2007) is instantiated and how language norms are actively negotiated by participants in everyday online language use on Twitter.
Keywords: Art des Kommunikationsmediums, Design, Entstehung von Normen, grammatische (In-)Korektheit, Konventionen, metalinguistische Äußerungen, Orality of computer-mediated discourse, social media, textuelle Nachahmung von Stimme, Twitter, Twitter-spezifische textuelle Ausdrucksweise, Variabilität im Sprachgebrauch (in Abweichung von Standardsprache) 2015
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(2015): Digital design and social interfaces. A study of the Twitter interface. In: REVISTA MEDIACAO 17 (21)
Abstract: The objective of this study was to identify and characterize a specific type of digital interface, i.e., social interfaces. To this end, we started from a theoretical framework that seeks to place social interfaces as a digital interface subtype, characterized by its proximity to concepts like computer-mediated interaction, Internet-based social networking sites, and social networking sites. After defining and identifying the types and elements of social interfaces, a qualitative exploratory study of transformations over the Twitter social networking site over time was carried out. The results show changes over time in the tool's interface, seeking to meet the different needs of the user's social interaction when using Twitter.
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