On-line student debate: An experiment in communication using computer Networks |
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| Authors: | Siegfried Treu |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | A one-month experiment in man-computer-man communication using the Pitt time-sharing system and the SRI system in the ARPA Network is described. Thirteen graduate students in computer science served as experimental subjects, carrying out limited, pairwise debates on a selected set of controversial topics, with subsequent on-line critique. Besides studying the feasibility of this technique, the main purpose was to probe into the significance (if any) attributed by human communicators to the structure of files used for communicating information. Comparative systems performance and various user characteristics were also observed. Student reactions and other recorded data are interpretively discussed and summarized. |
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| Keywords: | Man-computer interface interpersonal communication on-line debate hierarchical file structure file-based communication computer network communication experiment |
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