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The Permanently Connected Group (PeCoG)

An Investigation of Non-Professional Secondary Groups’ Communication via Mobile Instant Messaging Chats

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Authors:
  1. Katharina Knop-Hülß

    1. Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media, Hannover, Germany

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 1-9

  3. Explicating the Context of Technological Mediation: Changes in Everyday Communication

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 11-44

  4. Explicating The Social Context: Applying Small Group Research to the MIMA Group Chat Phenomenon

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 45-69

  5. Deriving Dimensions of MIMA Group Chat Communication

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 71-89

  6. Research Agenda of the Current Study

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 91-111

  7. Methodology of Empirical Investigation

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 113-138

  8. Results and Interim Discussions

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 139-208

  9. General Discussion of Results

    • Katharina Knop-Hülß
    Pages 209-235

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 237-263
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About this book

The small group uniquely benefits from the ubiquitously available connective possibilities of mobile communication technologies. The group chat feature of mobile instant messaging applications (MIMAs, e.g., WhatsApp, Signal) provides small groups with a permanently accessible communication place where members can relay information to all others at once, independent of their spatiotemporal location. The resulting permanent collective addressability (PCA) of members has implications for group processes (e.g., group coordination, socio-emotional concerns of members). This book investigates the communicative activity in MIMA chats of 18 naturally occurring, goal-oriented groups in a non-professional setting using a standardized content analysis.

It thus extends findings on individual-level expectations of permanent connectedness and shows how a group using such technology can be understood as a permanently connected group (PeCoG) and group-level manifestation of the hybridity of mediated and face-to-face communication constituting our current communication reality. Above all, this book demonstrates the potential of small group research to describe current phenomena relevant to communication science.





Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Hanover University of Music, Drama, and Media, Hannover, Germany

    Katharina Knop-Hülß

About the author

About the author
Katharina Knop-Hülß is a research associate at the Institute for Journalism and Communication Research (IJK) at the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. Her work focuses on the uses and effects of mobile communication, especially, by and for small groups.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Permanently Connected Group (PeCoG)

  • Book Subtitle: An Investigation of Non-Professional Secondary Groups’ Communication via Mobile Instant Messaging Chats

  • Authors: Katharina Knop-Hülß

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-43238-6

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Science and Law (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-43237-9Published: 04 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-43238-6Published: 03 November 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 263

  • Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Media and Communication, Science and Technology Studies, Media and Communication

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