Online Discussion Processes: Effects of Earlier Messages’ Evaluations, Knowledge Content, Social Cues and Personal Information on Later Messages

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gao Wei Chen ◽  
Ming Ming Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Online Discussion ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Knowledge Content

scholarly journals Social eavesdropping allows for a more risky gliding strategy by thermal-soaring birds

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (148) ◽  
pp. 20180578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah J. Williams ◽  
Andrew J. King ◽  
Olivier Duriez ◽  
Luca Börger ◽  
Emily L. C. Shepard
Keyword(s):  
Resource Availability ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Circling Behaviour ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Speed Selection ◽  
Soaring Birds

Vultures are thought to form networks in the sky, with individuals monitoring the movements of others to gain up-to-date information on resource availability. While it is recognized that social information facilitates the search for carrion, how this facilitates the search for updrafts, another critical resource, remains unknown. In theory, birds could use information on updraft availability to modulate their flight speed, increasing their airspeed when informed on updraft location. In addition, the stylized circling behaviour associated with thermal soaring is likely to provide social cues on updraft availability for any bird operating in the surrounding area. We equipped five Gyps vultures with GPS and airspeed loggers to quantify the movements of birds flying in the same airspace. Birds that were socially informed on updraft availability immediately adopted higher airspeeds on entering the inter-thermal glide; a strategy that would be risky if birds were relying on personal information alone. This was embedded within a broader pattern of a reduction in airspeed (approx. 3 m s −1 ) through the glide, likely reflecting the need for low speed to sense and turn into the next thermal. Overall, this demonstrates (i) the complexity of factors affecting speed selection over fine temporal scales and (ii) that Gyps vultures respond to social information on the occurrence of energy in the aerial environment, which may reduce uncertainty in their movement decisions.

MIA

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (GROUP) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Samiha Samrose ◽  
Ehsan Hoque
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Motivational Interviewing ◽  
Quantitative Evaluation ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Conversational Skills ◽  
Defensive Bias ◽  
Effective Collaboration ◽  
Directive Counseling

Since online discussion platforms can limit the perception of social cues, effective collaboration over videochat requires additional attention to conversational skills. However, self-affirmation and defensive bias theories indicate that feedback may appear confrontational, especially when users are not motivated to incorporate them. We develop a feedback chatbot that employs Motivational Interviewing (MI), a directive counseling method that encourages commitment to behavior change, with the end goal of improving the user's conversational skills. We conduct a within-subject study with 21 participants in 8 teams to evaluate our MI-agent 'MIA' and a non-MI-agent 'Roboto'. After interacting with an agent, participants are tasked with conversing over videochat to evaluate candidate résumés for a job circular. Our quantitative evaluation shows that the MI-agent effectively motivates users, improves their conversational skills, and is likable. Through a qualitative lens, we present the strategies and the cautions needed to fulfill individual and team goals during group discussions. Our findings reveal the potential of the MI technique to improve collaboration and provide examples of conversational tactics important for optimal discussion outcomes.

scholarly journals Copy-when-uncertain: bumblebees rely on social information when rewards are highly variable

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 20160188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Smolla ◽  
Sylvain Alem ◽  
Lars Chittka ◽  
Susanne Shultz
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Information ◽  
Information Use ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Agent Based Model ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Variable Environments ◽  
Foraging Decisions

To understand the relative benefits of social and personal information use in foraging decisions, we developed an agent-based model of social learning that predicts social information should be more adaptive where resources are highly variable and personal information where resources vary little. We tested our predictions with bumblebees and found that foragers relied more on social information when resources were variable than when they were not. We then investigated whether socially salient cues are used preferentially over non-social ones in variable environments. Although bees clearly used social cues in highly variable environments, under the same conditions they did not use non-social cues. These results suggest that bumblebees use a ‘copy-when-uncertain’ strategy.

Predicting social cues during online discussions: Effects of evaluations and knowledge content

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 1497-1509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaowei Chen ◽  
Ming Ming Chiu ◽  
Zhan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Cues ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Knowledge Content

scholarly journals Effects of Video Discussion Posts on Social Presence and Course Satisfaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Xiu ◽  
Penny Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Discussion ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Course Satisfaction ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Online Discussion Forums ◽  
Online Discussion Forum ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Perceived Social Presence

Video is a rich medium that conveys more social cues than text. Use of video in an online discussion forum therefore has the potential to increase social presence in online learning environments. This experimental study compared a group using video for a portion of the required discussion posts to a group using only text in an online undergraduate course. While there was a correlation between perceived social presence and satisfaction with the course, there were no significant differences in perceived social presence or course satisfaction between the two groups. Open‑ended comments revealed a mix of positive and negative reactions to the use of video. This study highlights the need for continuing research on the use of video in online discussion forums to assess the benefits of video relative to its possible negative effect on “anytime, anywhere” flexibility

scholarly journals Online and Offline Behavior: Does one Predict Another?

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 98-108
Author(s):  
I.B. Bovina ◽  
N.V. Dvoryanchikov
Keyword(s):  
Emotional State ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Disinhibition Effect ◽  
Online Disinhibition ◽  
Sharp Criticism ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the paper is to analyze the relationship between online and offline behavior by using the online disinhibition effect as an example. A person behaves differently online in comparison with the same situations offline. The two forms of disinhibition are discussed: 1) benign or positive disinhibition, when a person shares very personal information, reveals his secrets, fears, does not hide his emotional state, his experiences, he tries to help the other, showing extreme generosity and care 2) toxic or negative disinhibition — when a person shows rudeness towards the other, expresses sharp criticism or even threats, visits the sites, the content of which is very difficult to understand. Appealing to constructs such as deindividuation, reduced social cues, self-awareness — sheds light on the online disinhibition effect and allows us to talk about how behavior on the network relates towards offline behavior.

Integrating perspectives: How the development of second-personal competence lays the foundation for a second-personal morality

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Corbit ◽  
Chris Moore
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Personal Competence ◽  
Triadic Interactions ◽  
Personal Morality ◽  
Integrative Process

Abstract The integration of first-, second-, and third-personal information within joint intentional collaboration provides the foundation for broad-based second-personal morality. We offer two additions to this framework: a description of the developmental process through which second-personal competence emerges from early triadic interactions, and empirical evidence that collaboration with a concrete goal may provide an essential focal point for this integrative process.

Privacy: Users of Pharmaceutical Websites

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 466-474
Keyword(s):  
Personal Information ◽  
District Court ◽  
Traffic Data ◽  
Web Traffic ◽  
Electronic Communications ◽  
Private Action

In In re Pharmatrak, Inc. Privacy Litigation, website users brought suit claiming that major pharmaceutical corporations and a web monitoring company violated three federal statutes protecting electronic communications and data by collecting web traffic data and personal information about website users. On August 13,2002, the District Court of Massachusetts dismissed these allegations, holding that the defendants were parties to the communications and thus exempted under the statutory language.The court also found that plaintiffs had not suffered an amount of damages required to sustain private action.

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