2022 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 39-54
The purpose of this paper is to show that online communication is as rich in communicative activities as face-to-face communication, by analyzing classroom discussion in an online graduate seminar. It was found that in the online seminar participants engaged in highly interactive communication activities by actively taking turns in cooperation with each other and using various strategies to avoid the awkwardness of silence. It became clear that participants built up mutual understanding and trust by actively referring to the video and audio shared through video conferencing software and collaborating with each other to solve connection problems and research difficulties.
