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PowerON: The use of instant message counseling and the Internet to facilita...: EBSCOhost - 3 views

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texting hiv_std counseling

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  • This study explores the application of online counseling to HIV/STD risk-taking behavior
  • among men who have sex with men (MSM).
  • provides sexual health information to MSM exclusively online, used instant message technology to counsel MSM
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  • PowerON, an organization
  • sample of 279 transcripts of instant message exchanges between PowerON counselors and Gay.com users were recorded and qualitatively analyzed.
  • Conclusion: The data showed these instant message sessions to be a potentially feasible forum for HIV/STD counseling.
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An Empirical Study Investigating Instant Messaging as an Enabling Tool for ...: EBSCOhost - 7 views

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texting a study in ease of use for education

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  • This paper describes an empirical study on postgraduate students in a local university to investigate whether instant messaging (IM) tools are used as enabler tools for learning
  • undertook a survey of 104 postgraduate students.
  • findings indicated that external factors
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  • such as technology utility, network externality, media influences, self-efficacy and affection have a significant effect on perceived usefulness (PU)
  • perceived ease of use (PEOU)
  • PEOU has significant influence on the students' acceptance of IM tools as enabler for learning
  • Overall, the findings suggested students' perceptions of IM tools are easy to use and useful in the context of learning.
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QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING IN INTERNET STUDIES: Playing with the media, playi...: EBSCOhost - 3 views

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texting studies

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  • QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWING IN INTERNET STUDIES: Playing with the media, playing with the method.
  • benefits
  • instant messaging.
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  • as well as methodological effects (e.g. ability to probe, collecting affective data, and data representation)
  • The focus is on functional effects (e.g. scheduling and other logistics, data transcription and data management)
  • The authors found that
  • method
  • of data collection produced viable data for the projects they completed
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Effects of Mobile Instant Messaging on Collaborative Learning Processes and...: EBSCOhost - 4 views

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texting collaborative

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  • The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of mobile instant messaging on collaborative learning processes and outcomes.
  • measured in terms of different types of interactions.
  • taskwork and their teamwork.
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  • the students'
  • Instant Messaging group (Mobile IM)
  • Computer-based Instant Messaging
  • The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of mobile instant messaging on collaborative learning processes and outcomes.
  • A total of 48 students participated in this study
  • the Mobile IM group shows better teamwork than the other two groups.
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