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Territorial Functioning in Collaborative Writing: Fragmented Exchanges and Common Outcomes

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Larsen-Ledet, Ida, Korsgaard, Henrik·2019·Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)

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This paper examines territorial functioning in collaborative writing through a mixed methods study involving interviews and analysis of collaboratively authored documents. Our findings have implications for the way we think about collaborative writing as a design problem, in that current conceptualizations of collaborative writing emphasize the work context rather than the work itself, at the cost of understanding interpersonal dynamics that are central to the common process. The findings come from 23 interviews with 32 university researchers and students regarding their experiences with collaborative writing of academic texts. The analysis of these interviews is supplemented with visualizations of the revision histories of documents written by a subset of the study participants. We discuss our findings in terms of fragmented exchanges in common information spaces and consider the shared document as a mediator for the simultaneous accomplishment and negotiation of work.

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Authors
Larsen-Ledet, I., & Korsgaard, H.
Affiliations
Aarhus University (DK)
Corresponding author
Larsen-Ledet, Ida
Venue
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
Published
2019-05-08
Volume
28
Issue
3-4
Pages
391-433
ISSN
  • 0925-9724 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-7551
OpenAlex
W2943838493
Cited by
43
References
72
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
FWCI
13.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) (publishedVersion)
Funders
H2020 European Research Council (740548)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Academic Writing and Publishing
Keywords
collaborative writing, academic writing, shared documents, revision history, interpersonal dynamics, common information space

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