Travel Updates: 2021-2022 World Tour
WE ARE HERE - Due to Omicron and border concerns, we moved our trip forward by a week. Arrived in Lahore, Pakistan on December 4, 2021. Our 15-week world tour includes:
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Lahore, Pakistan (Dec 4 - 22, 2021)
- Istanbul, Turkey (Dec 23, 2021)
- Washington, DC (Dec 24 - 30, 2021 & Jan 4 - 17, 2022)
- New York City (Dec 30 - 31, 2021)
- Oneonta, New York (Jan 1 - 4, 2022)
- Nieuwerkerk aan den Ijssel & Utrecht, Netherlands (Jan 18, 2022)
- Return to Australia: Late March 2022
Check out our first video: Shopping in Lahore
Blog: COVID World Tour 2021-2022
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PhD Thesis: Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk
By Dr. Terrell Neuage, University of South Australia. Available at the National Library of Australia. Download Complete Thesis (PDF)
Thesis Sections:
- Thesis Home
- Abstract | PDF
- Introduction | PDF
- Methodology | PDF
- Literature Review | PDF
- Case Studies:
- Discussion | PDF
- Conclusion | PDF
- Bibliography | PDF
- Appendixes
Note: Some links are from early notes and may not reflect the final published version, available only at the University of South Australia. Visit the home page for more details.
Abstract
The aim of this literature review is to critique contributions to discourse analysis and electronic communication, developing a study of how meaning exchange is functionally motivated in electronic 'talk'. This review establishes the theoretical framework and methodological focus for an original contribution to dialogue on electronic talk as a social meaning-making system within cyberculture. It also aims to create a semiotic model for 'Natural Language' in chatrooms.
Online research differs from face-to-face research, raising questions about the "reality" of cyberspace and whether chatroom exchanges are public or private. Data is collected from a specific chatroom, with participants aware of observation (ethics approval: University of South Australia).
Research Questions:
- How is turn-taking negotiated in chatrooms?
- With identifying cues (gender, nationality, age) absent, are issues like sexism as prevalent as in face-to-face talk?
- How does electronic chat reflect current social discourse?
- Is meaning constructible within chatrooms?
