Date of Award
2018
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Communication
College
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Faculty Advisor
Westerman, David
Description
According to social information processing theory (SIPT), humans are actively encoding and decoding information when communicating through technology (Walther, 1992). This study uses SIPT as a theoretical guideline and examines the type of attributions formed when elements such as time stamps, read receipts, and ellipses are present in text-based communication. Malle’s (2006) categorization of attribution types was used to analyze attributions from a free response section of an online experiment. Various chi-square tests were used to determine if attributions differed when various chronemic cues were present. Only one hypothesis was supported, but results provide opportunities for future research in this area.
Recommended Citation
Earle, Kelsey Kathleen, "Attributions Online: An Examination of Time Stamps, Read Receipts, and Ellipses in Text-Based Communication" (2018). Communication. 27.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/communication/27
Rights
NDSU Policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28748