This paper explores the critical role conversational coherence plays in facilitating the ongoing, distributed work of one virtual team as they engage in instant messaging (IM) con...
Stephanie L. Woerner, JoAnne Yates, Wanda J. Orlik...
— Due to the real time nature and buddy list presence information of Instant Messaging (IM) systems worms can spread over IM networks rapidly, causing severe damages, however, it...
Many instant messenger (IM) clients let a person specify the identifying name that appears in another person’s contact list. We have noticed that many people add extra informati...
For the majority of us, inter-personal communication is an essential part of our daily lives. Instant Messaging, or IM, has been growing in popularity for personal and workrelated...
The process of match formation in matching markets can be divided into three parts: information sharing, investments in information acquisition, and the formation of matches based...