Text messaging "Helps Me to Chat": exploring the interactional aspects of text messaging using mobile phones for youth with complex communication needs.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC
Clara WepenerJuan Bornman

Abstract

This study explored the interactional aspects of text messaging on mobile phones for youth with complex communication needs. A qualitative case study design was used to investigate aspects such as reasons, place, timing of communication, content and communication partners. Data were gathered from seven youth with complex communication needs (primary participants) and one communication partner for each youth (secondary participants). In addition to using a questionnaire and tests to obtain participant background information, four data collection methods were used: (a) face-to-face interviews with the primary participants via text messaging, (b) researcher observations of these participants interacting via text messaging, (c) an asynchronous text-messaging focus group involving all seven primary participants, and (d) asynchronous interviews with the secondary participants via text messaging. The thematic data analysis highlighted numerous interactional benefits, most notably that text messaging offered the youth with complex communication needs a means of expressing themselves that was easier than face-to-face interactions. It also emphasizes interaction symmetry with a wide range of communication partners including groups, the p...Continue Reading

References

Jun 20, 2006·Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology·Ann-Christin EliassonPeter Rosenbaum
Aug 21, 2007·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Sarah W BlackstoneDavid P Wilkins
Jul 11, 2009·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Lauren CooperDavid Trembath
Jun 22, 2011·Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders·Howard C ShaneJennifer Abramson
Oct 20, 2011·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Stephen Von Tetzchner, Carmen Basil
Oct 20, 2011·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Abirami ThirumanickamCatherine Olsson
Mar 1, 2012·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Parimala RaghavendraTimothy Connell
May 18, 2012·Assistive Technology : the Official Journal of RESNA·David McNaughtonPamela Kennedy
Sep 4, 2012·Research in Developmental Disabilities·Debora M KagoharaJeff Sigafoos
May 28, 2013·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·David McNaughton, Janice Light
Aug 28, 2014·Oncology Nursing Forum·Nancy CarterAlan J Neville
Feb 17, 2015·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Allison M Meder, Jane R Wegner
Apr 24, 2015·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Janice Light, David Mcnaughton
Jan 26, 2017·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Bronwyn HemsleyStephen Dann
Feb 22, 2017·Augmentative and Alternative Communication : AAC·Helen L Paterson
Feb 19, 2016·African Journal of Disability·Juan BornmanJohn Morris
Mar 15, 2018·African Journal of Disability·Khetsiwe P MasukuMuziwakhe Tshabalala

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Trending Feeds

COVID-19

Coronaviruses encompass a large family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as more serious diseases, such as the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19; formally known as 2019-nCoV). Coronaviruses can spread from animals to humans; symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, and breathing difficulties; in more severe cases, infection can lead to death. This feed covers recent research on COVID-19.

Blastomycosis

Blastomycosis fungal infections spread through inhaling Blastomyces dermatitidis spores. Discover the latest research on blastomycosis fungal infections here.

Nuclear Pore Complex in ALS/FTD

Alterations in nucleocytoplasmic transport, controlled by the nuclear pore complex, may be involved in the pathomechanism underlying multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Dementia. Here is the latest research on the nuclear pore complex in ALS and FTD.

Applications of Molecular Barcoding

The concept of molecular barcoding is that each original DNA or RNA molecule is attached to a unique sequence barcode. Sequence reads having different barcodes represent different original molecules, while sequence reads having the same barcode are results of PCR duplication from one original molecule. Discover the latest research on molecular barcoding here.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disease characterized by unexplained disabling fatigue; the pathology of which is incompletely understood. Discover the latest research on chronic fatigue syndrome here.

Evolution of Pluripotency

Pluripotency refers to the ability of a cell to develop into three primary germ cell layers of the embryo. This feed focuses on the mechanisms that underlie the evolution of pluripotency. Here is the latest research.

Position Effect Variegation

Position Effect Variagation occurs when a gene is inactivated due to its positioning near heterochromatic regions within a chromosome. Discover the latest research on Position Effect Variagation here.

STING Receptor Agonists

Stimulator of IFN genes (STING) are a group of transmembrane proteins that are involved in the induction of type I interferon that is important in the innate immune response. The stimulation of STING has been an active area of research in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Here is the latest research on STING receptor agonists.

Microbicide

Microbicides are products that can be applied to vaginal or rectal mucosal surfaces with the goal of preventing, or at least significantly reducing, the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Here is the latest research on microbicides.

Related Papers

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
Valerie A Hart
The British Journal of General Practice : the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Clare Michell, Pippa Oakeshott
Pediatrics
Matthew A BroomLauren R Draper
JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics
Sarah S MougalianE Kevin Hall
© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved