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Validation of an inventory of social connectedness

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Digital technologies are often designed to enhance a sense of social connection between users across physical space. Currently no quantitative scale has been validated to determine how effective a tool is in establishing social connection. This proposal outlines 3 studies designed to rigorously validate a scale of social connection in mediated spaces. To do this, a 24-item scale was developed and tested. In Study 1 the scale was given to 177 people to establish internal and convergent validity. Preliminary analyses suggests good overall internal reliability and convergent validity. Future studies intend to establish predictive validity across systems (Study 2) and within a single system (Study 3). The inventory should prove useful for tests of usability and theory. In the last section I describe its role in my dissertation.

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    GROUP '09: Proceedings of the 2009 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
    May 2009
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    ISBN:9781605585000
    DOI:10.1145/1531674
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    1. awareness
    2. presence
    3. scale validation
    4. social connectedness

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    • (2012)The Efficacy of Text Messaging to Improve Social Connectedness and Team Attitude in Student Technical Communication ProjectsJournal of Business and Technical Communication10.1177/105065191246888827:2(180-208)Online publication date: 20-Dec-2012
    • (2009)Reinforcement Learning of Listener Response for Mood Classification of AudioProceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering - Volume 0410.1109/CSE.2009.184(849-853)Online publication date: 29-Aug-2009

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