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Search results for "sms" (14)
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Managing Separation Anxiety through communication
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The role of private communication in accidents
The two accidents we analyse...
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Analysing accidents : when an air traffic controller chats with a friend
On the 8th of...
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When voice is preferred to text (rarely)
Although text seems to be preferred in most interactions essentially because of its asynchronous nature, there are topics and discussions that can only be done orally and synchronously. When there is a complex issue, a certain level of disagree...
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Keeping close to the core
A good proportion of adults in Europe, are using at least 4 channels of communication a day, fix and mobile phone, SMS, and email. With all these channels, devices, services, a user contacts on average the same 5 to 10 people 80...
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Calling from the factory floor
Greg is bulgarian and has been living in Manchester for 3 years, he followed his older brothers and a sister who had moved to the UK in the late nineties. He recently moved into a flat with his girlfriend who also comes from Bu...
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SMS Usage - UK
Research from YouGov (via The Register) provides us with an interesting update on SMS usage in the UK. The research was carried out for Tegic Communications, a predictive t...
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The schoolteacher
Marisa is a school teacher in Italy, her students are 12 years old and all have mobile phones. Recently all the teachers of the school had a meeting to discuss what to do with the continuous distraction that the phones were creating in the classroom....
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The small size of our communication network
From 2004 to 2008 Researchers at Swisscom have asked more than 500 people, from all age groups, life stages, professional, linguistic, and regional backgrounds, to keep a record of all...
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The advantages of asynchronous channels
Synchronous communication,such as a voice call, has a very strong prerequisite: that both interlocutors are available at the same time for the conversation. Available, willing and ready to dedicate the necessary amount of attention required for the c...
