American and Chinese users showed distinct messaging use patterns: fun-oriented short exchanges in the US versus informing and long in-depth chats in China¶
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q2 i? At the American site participants mostly used text messaging for fun conversations and short small-talk exchanges, while Chinese participants sent more messages to inform and engaged in longer, more in-depth conversations. → Huatong Sun 2006
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Huatong Sun 2006¶
Huatong Sun. (2006). The Triumph of Users: Achieving Cultural Usability Goals With User Localization. Technical Communication Quarterly, 15(4), 457-481. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15427625tcq1504_3
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Findings from the questionnaire survey and verbal data analysis of message diaries at the two sites. The author reports American messages were largely "small talk" with quick status updates, whereas Chinese participants "sent more messages to inform" with long chats common.
"The majority of messages can be regarded as small talk in which participants had quick exchanges updating each other about their status (e.g., "watching TV") and other minute life details. In contrast, Chinese participants liked to stay in contact with friends via text messaging. They sent more messages to inform."
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American and Chinese users showed distinct messaging use patterns: fun-oriented short exchanges in the US versus informing and long in-depth chats in China |
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American and Chinese users showed distinct messaging use patterns: fun-oriented short exchanges in the US versus informing and long in-depth chats in China |
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