Visual object database browsers are essentially based on two kinds of interactions: navigation within a collection of objects, and navigation between objects via their relationships. These two interactional operators have proven to adequately support the main user task addressed by these tools, i.e. exploring the states of a set of related objects. In temporal object databases, visual browsing ...

We analyse a recent paper by Goddiksen (2014) where the author raises questions about the relationship between authorship, attribution and Collins & Evans' concept of contributory and interactional expertise. We then highlight recent empirical work in the sociology of climate change science that has made similar points in order to clarify how authorship, division of labour and contribution are ...

Synopsis: This paper outlines a dynamic formalism for modelling interaction. A dynamic formalism models the behaviour potential at each point throughout an interaction, rather than trying to present the possible types of completed interaction structures, as in a synoptic approach. It is thus more concerned with interaction as process, rather than interaction as product. We model an interaction ...

This paper tests the usefulness of the category ‘intonation phrase’ for the analysis of natural conversation. It asks whether the intonation phrase is a relevant unit for participants, and if so, whether it is a prosodic, or indeed an interactional category. The data show that while participants do divide their speech into intonation phrase-like chunks, these chunks are not defined by intonatio...

Despite the rapid growth of text-based computer-mediated communication (CMC), its limitations have rendered the media highly incoherent. This poses problems for content analysis of online discourse archives. Interactional coherence analysis (ICA) attempts to accurately identify and construct CMC interaction networks. In this study, we propose the Hybrid Interactional Coherence (HIC) algorithm f...

Choice of avatars and rendering preferences in a virtual world reveal users’ typology regarding their intention to realize different domains of self concept, thus influencing their self awareness, and social and psychological functions. New tools are required to meet these needs. Introduction Second Life (SL) is a unique virtual world that has characteristics of both social media and a massivel...

Two interactional strategies explicitly taught to learners of English in Hong Kong are how to check that the hearer understands what you are saying as you communicate and, conversely, how to check that you have understood another speaker’s message. The forms of these strategies that are taught in Hong Kong schools are fairly limited. This study seeks, through examining authentic spoken discours...

Mobility and ubiquity bring about an increasing engagement in the concept of context. Environmental context such as location or light have been studied for a while, however little research has been done on interactional context – context that evolves in the course of interaction. This paper presents results of an empirical study conducted in order to assess the interactional context. The empiri...

The study examined the relationships among justice, burnout, and academic achievement using a sample (N=1,505) of undergraduate university students. The study was conducted at a university in northern part of Cyprus. Hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to test the hypotheses. The results revealed that distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice were associated...

Mothers' return to work following childbirth is widely recognized as a key stage in establishing employment arrangements that disadvantage them in the long run. This article investigates why mothers accept these unequal arrangements using data from a qualitative study of 109 Australian mothers. It focuses on mothers' perceptions of the fairness and justice of the flexibility of arrangements the...