%0 Conference Paper %1 zhao2009people %A Zhao, Dejin %A Rosson, Mary Beth %B Proceedings of the ACM 2009 International Conference on Supporting Group Work %C New York, NY, USA %D 2009 %I ACM %K communication microblogging twitter %P 243--252 %R 10.1145/1531674.1531710 %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 popu-lar 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 poten-tial impacts on informal communication at work. %@ 978-1-60558-500-0

@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 popu-lar 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 poten-tial impacts on informal communication at work.}, acmid = {1531710}, added-at = {2015-10-27T09:22:23.000+0100}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Zhao, Dejin and Rosson, Mary Beth}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e004e17b64da0e4ec36a706f349314b6/jaeschke}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the ACM 2009 International Conference on Supporting Group Work}, doi = {10.1145/1531674.1531710}, interhash = {70feff7ada0193a6c80d0ae12b775cd7}, intrahash = {e004e17b64da0e4ec36a706f349314b6}, isbn = {978-1-60558-500-0}, keywords = {communication microblogging twitter}, location = {Sanibel Island, Florida, USA}, numpages = {10}, pages = {243--252}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {GROUP '09}, timestamp = {2015-10-27T09:22:23.000+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 }