@article{rintel2003time,
author = {Rintel, Sean and Pittam, Jeffery and Mulholland, Joan},
title = {Time Will Tell: Ambiguous Non-Responses on Internet Relay Chat},
year = {2003},
month = {March},
abstract = {The design of Internet Relay Chat (IRC) affords for, and itself produces, non-response situations that are not possible in FTF or telephone interaction. These system-occasioned non-responses produce almost isomorphic stimuli to participant non-responses. Situations thus arise in which non-responses are interpersonally accountable despite agentive ambiguity. This study explores four intersections of participant-action and system-occasioned non-responses. An extension to Pomerantz's (1984b) 'pursuing a response' problems/solutions is proposed. The impact of IRC's design on its popularity is discussed in contrast to more recent chat systems. Suggestions are made for active and passive presence and non-response accounting features in future chat systems.},
publisher = {CIOS},
url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/time-will-tell-ambiguous-non-responses-on-internet-relay-chat/},
journal = {The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication},
volume = {13},
edition = {The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronic de Communication},
number = {1},
note = {Rintel, E.S., Pittam, J., & Mulholland, J. 2003. Time will tell: Ambiguous non-responses on Internet Relay Chat. The Electronic Journal of Communication, 13, (1).

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