PhD Thesis: Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk
Completed at the University of South Australia, my PhD thesis, Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk, explores the dynamics of online communication. The full thesis is available at the National Library of Australia and the University of South Australia library.
Key sections include:
Conversational Analysis of Chat Room Talk PHD thesis by Dr. Terrell Neuage University of South Australia National Library of Australia. THESIS COMPLETE .pdf
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Acknowledgments
My appreciation and thanks for the accomplishment of this study are directed to Dr. Jackie Cook for her years of patience and guidance. Without her, this would not have been possible. I am much in debt to Dr. Cook, of the Department of Communication, Information and New Media at the University of South Australia, who read many re-written manuscripts with an eagle eye, often at the other end of an Internet connection, answering what seemed to be unanswerable questions and supplying desperately needed assistance and suggestions.
I also thank Associate Professor Maureen Nimon for keeping me on track and giving valuable advice, and Professor Claire Woods, School of Communication, Information and New Media, for guidance and reading of this work.
I thank my wife, Narda Biemond, for putting up with my doing this thesis year after year and for her suggestions and support.
Dedication
I dedicate this thesis to my sons, Sacha and Leigh Neuage, who began the process of online communication with me in the mid-1990s. Sacha’s creative and free spirit has led him to achieve wonderful things in the world of art and music. As a critical thinker, he has challenged me often to dig deeper and to further explore my own position on many issues.
Leigh was a baseball player for Australia and for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Leigh died on August 16, 2003, at the age of 20, at the same time I was completing this thesis. Many people whose lives he impacted remember Leigh’s generosity and kindness to others in an electronic guest book. I was a single parent with two boys, aged 14 and 17, when I started this thesis in 1998. My two sons, Sacha and Leigh, have been my primary motivation for the past 20 years to succeed.
Leigh Neuage (July 6, 1983 - August 16, 2003): Every place I go, I go with you. Thanks for being always with me. I only wish I could be with you.