acappella 的部落格

1 profile of users (describing users) - who
- age
- sex
- nationality
- study

2 background of use - who
- impression
- year of use
- place to use
- frequency of logging in
- frequency of use
- majority of contact
- status – the degree of availability/ how people deal with relationships
- nickname, personal message - presentation/ individual use of MSN

3 environment of use: time management, connection with others, webcam, give off, the limitation of expression in the field, 
where, who (Q1: why)
- threshold (inner/exterior)
基於電腦+網路 [在computer lab 無法使用的原因- 不記得密碼], user's skill
- time
clock時間的差異，msn使得資訊的流通不必同時在場- 不像面對面的兩者在場才能得到彼此的資訊 (與面對面比較。msn在此與email同質，但email較無法掌握是否message已傳達(有2層面，第1，是否傳送成功，第2，是否接收者收取。因介面不同，msn上可見訊息已存在，只剩"接收者是否收取"為不確定因素。email無法掌握both.  下面續談這一點) (談Giddens)
- speed (instantaneous)
迅速reach people – 在互動過程，只要一發送就能期待回應 (與email比較)
- concentration - use of time, 可同時進行多件事 (談Giddens)
- connection (globalization)
- webcam - 劇班 (談Goffman)
- limitations of online setting (goffman) 
線上環境的限制 - 擬面對面表達, 缺乏 give off  (談Goffman), politeness

4 reason of use, comparing with some other tools of communication
why (Q1: why)
與下列相較:
- phone
- email
- chat rooms
- other CMC (skype, yahoo messenger, blog etc.)
- face-to-face interaction
- other reasons

5 technology self - 科技過度延伸帶來的危險與渴望 (談McLuhan提出的四個問題), 談互動
how (Q2: how)
- connection (virtual/real)
科技物本身的限制 - disconnection = misunderstandings - 科技作為溝通的中介-  表達不全, the requirement of user's skill - 使用者需學習與累積經驗
- disconnection (technological) 科技與現實的連結
- scale of attachment
- emotion icons (必要與非必要)
- way to improve expression (facial expression) (談 Simmel)
- social presence
- enjoyment

6 interpersonal relationships - 延續前面的how
how (Q2: how)
- the compulsion of proximity 見面的需要 (談 Boden & Molotch)
- connection (relationships)
- friends
- dealing with contact list/ conversation: 視窗迫使contact list 需被處理, 處理不必要的談話