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Walker (Advisor), School of Psychology \u0026amp; School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDr. Rosa Arriaga, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDr. Munmun De Choudhury, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDr. Neha Kumar, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDr. Hannah Miller Hillberg, Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin \u2013 Oshkosh\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EComputer-mediated communication (CMC) systems have revolutionized how people communicate and maintain relationships. Advances in mobile computing technologies have transformed the modern smartphone into a communication hub, enabling people to instantly connect with each other via social networking sites \u2013 such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter \u2013 and mobile messaging platforms \u2013 such as iMessage, WeChat, and WhatsApp. These communication platforms rely on text, emojis and emoticons, and various forms of visual media to facilitate asynchronous communication between interlocutors. Given the widespread adoption of these platforms, technology users have employed creative strategies to enhance their ability to express themselves. Just as verbal communication is dependent upon nonverbal contextual cues \u2013 such as prosodic intonation and body language \u2013 to aid in the conveyance and interpretation of spoken messages in face-to-face communications, emojis and emoticons function as nonverbal contextual supplements that aid in the conveyance and interpretation of text-based messages in CMC. The augmentations that serve to enhance the interpretability of messages \u2013 in both speech and in text messages \u2013 are referred to as \u201cmetacommunication.\u201d Yet, the subject of metacommunication in CMC systems remains relatively unexplored. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis thesis explores computer-mediated metacommunication through the deployment of \u003Cem\u003ERelay\u003C\/em\u003E, a novel text-messaging application that prioritizes metacommunication. \u003Cem\u003ERelay\u003C\/em\u003E utilizes Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing techniques to provide users with context-specific information about messages exchanged between communicating parties. First, I define the problem space and highlight the need for intentioned examinations of metacommunications in the field of CMC. Next, I examine the communication behaviors and patterns of intimate dyad pairs to establish a baseline for their level of metacommunicative expressiveness. Finally, I deploy Relay in these intimate dyad pairs to: 1) evaluate the efficacy, utility, and desirability of a text-messaging experience that prioritizes metacommunication; 2) measure the effects, if any, of Gender and Relationship on the outcome variables of efficacy, utility, and desirability; and 3) compare the performance of \u003Cem\u003ERelay\u003C\/em\u003E against contemporary text-based communication platforms such as Apple\u2019s iMessage.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDesigning Relay: Towards Computer-Mediated Metacommunication\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Designing Relay: Towards Computer-Mediated Metacommunication"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2023-06-12 17:28:30","changed_gmt":"2023-06-12 17:28:30","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-06-12T09:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2023-06-12T11:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-06-12T11:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-06-12 13:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-06-12 15:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-06-12 15:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"TEAMS","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}