Media and Group Cohesion: Relative Influences on Social Presence, Task Participation, and Group Consensus

@article{citeulike:2498951, abstract = {Organizations deploy advanced communication media such as audio and videoconferencing to enhance and extend group communication interactions. However, established groups (i.e., groups with a history of working together) can view and use the same technology differently from groups without any past experiences of working together. This study examines the relative influences of media condition and group cohesion on social presence, task participation, and group consensus. Results from a controlled laboratory experiment with 45 triads of college students working on a decision-making task showed that media condition (audio conferencing vs. desktop video-conferencing) has significantly smaller influences on social presence and task participation than group cohesion in established groups. The study found that influence of group cohesion over social presence is additive, rather than substitutive, to that of media condition. The study also established that task participation played a more important role than social presence in determining the degree of consensus among group members in computer-mediated communication environments.}, author = {Yoo, Youngjin and Alavi, Maryam}, citeulike-article-id = {2498951}, journal = {MIS Quarterly}, keywords = {groups, media, theory}, number = {3}, pages = {371--390}, posted-at = {2008-03-10 05:12:49}, priority = {2}, title = {Media and Group Cohesion: Relative Influences on Social Presence, Task Participation, and Group Consensus}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3250922}, volume = {25}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2498951 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2498951 N2 - Organizations deploy advanced communication media such as audio and videoconferencing to enhance and extend group communication interactions. However, established groups (i.e., groups with a history of working together) can view and use the same technology differently from groups without any past experiences of working together. This study examines the relative influences of media condition and group cohesion on social presence, task participation, and group consensus. Results from a controlled laboratory experiment with 45 triads of college students working on a decision-making task showed that media condition (audio conferencing vs. desktop video-conferencing) has significantly smaller influences on social presence and task participation than group cohesion in established groups. The study found that influence of group cohesion over social presence is additive, rather than substitutive, to that of media condition. The study also established that task participation played a more important role than social presence in determining the degree of consensus among group members in computer-mediated communication environments. IS - 3 JF - MIS Quarterly EP - 390 TI - Media and Group Cohesion: Relative Influences on Social Presence, Task Participation, and Group Consensus VL - 25 SP - 371 KW - groups KW - media KW - theory AU - Yoo, Youngjin AU - Alavi, Maryam PY - 2001/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/3250922 ER -