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Instant messaging is one of the most popular communication technologies in virtual teams, enabling interactions to intertwine whole working days, thus creating the sense of copresence for team members who are geographically dispersed. Through close linguistic analyses of naturally occurring data from a virtual team, this article discusses the implications of two novel communicative situations enabled by instant messaging: presence information and the persistence of transcript. The preliminary findings of this study indicate that these new communicative situations require the flouting or rethinking of previously existing interactional norms and that communicative practices employed by the team members are not yet conventionalized/normalized, the expectations and interpretations of interactional rituals and timing vary highly, even within the same virtual team.

Technology and contextual factors may moderate the effects of leadership in virtual teams. We conducted an experiment to study the effect of leadership styles on feedback positivity in small, ad hoc teams performing a decision-making task using a virtual world or instant messaging. We also examined the relationship of feedback positivity to team outcomes, including satisfaction, social presence, cohesion, group efficacy, consensus, decision quality, and task time. Leadership style interacted with communication medium to influence feedback positivity. Relative to transactional leadership, transformational leadership led to greater feedback positivity in the instant messaging condition but had no effect in the virtual world condition. Greater feedback positivity was positively associated with social presence, discussion satisfaction, cohesion, group efficacy, and task time, but was negatively associated with decision quality.

How do parents and children care for each other when they are separated because of migration? The way in which transnational families maintain long-distance relationships has been revolutionised by the emergence of new media such as email, instant messaging, social networking sites, webcam and texting. A migrant mother can now call and text her left-behind children several times a day, peruse social networking sites and leave the webcam for 12 hours achieving a sense of co-presence. Drawing on a long-term ethnographic study of prolonged separation between migrant mothers and their children who

"Psychologists explore the reality of cyberbullies. Millions of children are affected by bullies each year. Advances in social media, email, instant messaging, and cell phones, however, have moved bullying from a schoolyard fear to a constant threat. The second edition of Cyberbullying offers the most current information on this constantly-evolving issue and outlines the unique concerns and challenges it raises for children, parents, and educators. Authored by psychologists who are internationally recognized as experts in this field, the text uses the latest research in this area to provide an updated, reliable text ideal for parents and educators concerned about the cyberbullying phenomenon"--

Despite much research into mate selection, non-heterosexual populations are often only included for comparison purposes, while trans people and their partners are overlooked. This study attempts to address this using qualitative methodology to explore the mate selection of the partners of trans people. Six participants were recruited from online communities and interviewed via instant messaging, the results were then analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The author organised the results into four themes. Theme one: Identities/relationships which defy categorisation, Theme Two: Attractive traits and mate selection, Theme Three: Impact of past romantic relationships, other relationships and life changes and Theme Four: The self as a source of strength. These results challenge the traditional conclusions of mate selection studies, emphasising the need for more qualitative research.

Today's youth are the first generation to have grown up in an environment characterized by the widespread use of the Internet, especially in the form of instant messaging services (such as Messenger) and social network sites (SNSs), which are part of their everyday life and constitute essential tools to communicate, share, participate and create. This research note discusses qualitative information obtained from various discussion groups about the actual use of the Internet, messaging services and SNSs. In addition, quantitative data obtained through a survey of the Spanish population between 12 and 18 years old are provided as a general context to position the discussion. The data show that young people have mainly learnt to use the Internet in informal spaces. For them, these technologies are primarily tools for leisure and sociability. Moreover, youth perceptions about their own use of digital technologies show characteristic forms of management of their social needs related to being a teenager, as well as the construction of their own codes and communication protocols.

'Ow god, those snobs see us as a living laboratory again.' Participatory Internet research with Moroccan-Dutch young people
'Ow god, those snobs see us as a living laboratory again.' Participatory Internet research with Moroccan-Dutch young people
This article covers participatory Internet research strategies with Moroccan-Dutch youth. As the Internet is not a singular entity, informants were stimulated to research with the author the variety of their digital experiences by inviting them to draw an Internet map. Additionally, inviting informants to save and select instant messaging conversation transcripts enabled the collection of non-publicly accessible Internet communication. Not only do these strategies facilitate a bridging of the gap between researchers and informants, they are also useful to make informed decisions about what to include and exclude in the study of digital culture.

This article examines young people's uses and understandings of social networking sites and instant messaging tools within the context of their everyday lives. It draws upon data from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-funded qualitative study, 'Young people's creative understanding of their mediaworlds' (2008–10), in which young people aged 14–15 from six locations across England created 'identity boxes' which were meant to reflect their identities and the place of media in their lives. The results demonstrate that young people considered and negotiated their online practices in relation to three primary areas: 'Connecting and convenience', 'Openness and control' and 'Privacy and authenticity'. In doing so the article reveals nuanced insights into young people's online media use and communication, and contributes empirically to knowledge about young people's online practices within their everyday lives.

Mobbing und Cybermobbing sind Phänomene, die in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr in das öffentliche Interesse gerückt sind, obwohl es sie schon lange vorher gab. Neben dem Arbeitsplatz ist die Schule der häufigste Schauplatz dieser negativen Handlungen und darum bezieht sich dieses Buch auf genau dieses Umfeld. Beleidigungen, Drohungen, Schikane und sogar körperliche Gewalt machen vielen Schülern/-innen den Schulalltag zur Hölle. Doch nicht nur während, sondern auch außerhalb der Schulzeit finden Mobbing- und Cybermobbinghandlungen statt und können gravierende Folgen mit sich bringen, welche die Opfer oft ein Leben lang begleiten. Auszug aus dem TextTextprobe: Kapitel 3, CYBERMOBBING ALS SONDERFORM DES MOBBINGS:Multifunktionshandys und das Internet haben in den vergangenen Jahren stark an Bedeutung zugenommen. Insbesondere für Jugendliche sind Anwendungen wie soziale Netzwerke oder das mobile Internet außerordentlich attraktiv geworden und prägen mittlerweile maßgeblich deren Alltag. Neben einer Vielzahl von Möglichkeiten und Chancen, die diese Neuen Medien bieten, bergen sie jedoch auch Risiken und Gefahren. Eine dieser Gefahren, die in vergangenen Jahren zunehmend in den Blickpunkt öffentlicher Aufmerksamkeit gerückt ist, ist Cybermobbing. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine neue Form von Mobbing, die über die Neuen Medien wie E-Mail, Instant Messaging, Chatrooms oder Mobiltelefone ausgetragen wird. Das systematische Belästigen, Bloßstellen und Fertigmachen von Personen findet nun also auch im virtuellen Raum statt. Jugendliche verwenden Mobiltelefone und das Internet vor allem zu Kommunikationszwecken - wo Erwachsene durch die Neuen Medien hauptsächlich versuchen, mit Freunden/-innen und Bekannten in Kontakt zu bleiben, so kommunizieren die Heranwachsenden in erster Linie mit denjenigen Personen, mit denen sie auch täglich (z.B. in der Schule) zu

The paper examines the participation characteristics within internet-based collective action by analysing the case of digital rights campaigning. Drawing upon empirical findings from a case study (the "Telecoms Package" campaign, 2007-2009), we discuss how digital rights activists organise, collaborate and mobilise using websites, mailing lists, wikis and instant messaging channels. Participation is individualised and malleable. However, successful digital rights' campaigning requires political, technical and social skills. To intervene in EU policy-making, activists need technical and political expertise and technological skills. As a result and contrary to claims of inclusiveness and openness, digital rights campaigning is in fact dominated by a small group of highly specialised movement entrepreneurs who mobilise occasionally to demonstrate broader support to policy-makers. The emergence of internet-based campaigning does not necessarily equal to more inclusive forms of participation. However, it allows for the engagement of resource-poor actors in traditional policy settings such as the EU.

The paper examines the participation characteristics within internet-based collective action by analysing the case of digital rights campaigning. Drawing upon empirical findings from a case study (the "Telecoms Package" campaign, 2007-2009), we discuss how digital rights activists organise, collaborate and mobilise using websites, mailing lists, wikis and instant messaging channels. Participation is individualised and malleable. However, successful digital rights' campaigning requires political, technical and social skills. To intervene in EU policy-making, activists need technical and political expertise and technological skills. As a result and contrary to claims of inclusiveness and openness, digital rights campaigning is in fact dominated by a small group of highly specialised movement entrepreneurs who mobilise occasionally to demonstrate broader support to policy-makers. The emergence of internet-based campaigning does not necessarily equal to more inclusive forms of participation. However, it allows for the engagement of resource-poor actors in traditional policy settings such as the EU.