%0 Conference Paper %1 zhao2009people %A Zhao, D. %A Rosson, M.B. %B Proceedings of the ACM 2009 International Conference on Supporting Group Work %D 2009 %K %P 243--252 %T How and why people Twitter: the role that micro-blogging plays in informal communication at work %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1531674.1531710 %X Micro-blogs, a relatively new phenomenon, provide a new communication channel for people to broadcast information that they likely would not share otherwise using existing channels (e.g., email, phone, IM, or weblogs). Micro-blogging has become popular quite quickly, raising its potential for serving as a new informal communication medium at work, providing a variety of impacts on collaborative work (e.g., enhancing information sharing, building common ground, and sustaining a feeling of connectedness among colleagues). This exploratory research project is aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of how and why people use Twitter - a popular micro-blogging tool - and exploring micro-blog's potential impacts on informal communication at work.

@inproceedings{zhao2009people, abstract = {Micro-blogs, a relatively new phenomenon, provide a new communication channel for people to broadcast information that they likely would not share otherwise using existing channels (e.g., email, phone, IM, or weblogs). Micro-blogging has become popular quite quickly, raising its potential for serving as a new informal communication medium at work, providing a variety of impacts on collaborative work (e.g., enhancing information sharing, building common ground, and sustaining a feeling of connectedness among colleagues). This exploratory research project is aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of how and why people use Twitter - a popular micro-blogging tool - and exploring micro-blog's potential impacts on informal communication at work.}, added-at = {2015-10-27T09:27:13.000+0100}, author = {Zhao, D. and Rosson, M.B.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2260ed8942892ffc989df2636d866b2cd/jaeschke}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM 2009 International Conference on Supporting Group Work}, interhash = {70feff7ada0193a6c80d0ae12b775cd7}, intrahash = {260ed8942892ffc989df2636d866b2cd}, keywords = {}, organization = {ACM}, pages = {243--252}, timestamp = {2015-10-27T09:27:13.000+0100}, title = {How and why people Twitter: the role that micro-blogging plays in informal communication at work}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1531674.1531710}, year = 2009 }