Essays about: "online chatting"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words online chatting.
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1. What Affects Motivation? A Study of Students’ Attitudes towards ESL Learning in Swedish Lower Secondary Schools
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Skolnära forskningAbstract : This study investigates how different educational activities affect students’ motivation and how teachers can induce students’ motivation to learn English as a second language (ESL) in Swedish lower secondary schools. Data was gathered through a questionnaire and analyzed through a sociocultural perspective. READ MORE
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2. Do Socially Anxious Adolescents Develop Social Support Online? A Longitudinal Study of Friendship Support.
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbeteAbstract : In this longitudinal study, we examined to what extent socially anxious adolescents developed supportive, intimate relationships online. A total of 584 adolescents (ages 10-24) in Swedish town Kumla answered questionnaires about their online friendship support, social anxiety, motives to compensate for lack of offline relationships with online relationships, and time spent chatting. READ MORE
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3. Opening a Relationship Online : An Analysis of Openings of MSN Conversation in the Shipping Business in Southeast Asia
University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This is a thesis about the emerging of an interpersonal relationship between professionals in shipping business in Southeast Asia. The participants are strangers in the same trade and located in different parts of the region but gradually get to know each other and cooperate in business through the use of a computer chatting software. READ MORE
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4. Computer-Mediated Communication: A Study of Language Variation on Internet Chat
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The aim of this study is to discern and examine the linguistic features that are peculiar to the kind of written English used in online chatrooms using the following research question: What characterizes and distinguishes the kind of written English used in online chatrooms in relation to conventional written English? The data used in this study have been collected from an English chatroom called “The English Room”. The messages sent on the chat have been observed and examined in the search of non-conventional linguistic features peculiar to this kind of written English with the hopes of answering the earlier-mentioned research question. READ MORE
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5. The Challenge of Usability Evaluation of Online Social Networks with a Focus on Facebook
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikationAbstract : In today’s era online social networks are getting extensive popularity among internet users. People are using online social networks for different purposes like sharing information, chatting with friends, family and planning to hang out. It is then no surprise that online social network should be easy to use and easily understandable. READ MORE