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dc.contributor.advisorTucker, William D.
dc.contributor.authorAdesemowo, A. Kayode
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-09T15:44:44Z
dc.date.available2014-06-09T15:44:44Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/3300
dc.descriptionMagister Scientiae - MScen_US
dc.description.abstractText communication is often perceived as lacking some components of communication that are essential in sustaining interaction or conversation. This interaction incoherency tends to make text communication plastic. It is traditionally devoid of intonation, pitch, gesture, facial expression and visual or auditory cues. Nevertheless, Instant Messaging (IM), a form of text communication is on the upward uptake both on PCs and on mobile handhelds. There is a need to rubberise this plastic text messaging to improve co-presence for text communications thereby improving synchronous textual discussion, especially on handheld devices. One element of interaction is gesture, seen as a natural way of conversing. Attaining some level of interaction naturalism requires improving synchronous communication spontaneity, partly achieved by enhancing input mechanisms. To enhance input mechanisms for interactive text-based chat on mobile devices, there is a need to facilitate gesture input. Enhancement is achievable in a number of ways, such as input mechanism redesigning and input offering adaptation. This thesis explores affective gesture mode on interface redesign as an input offering adaptation. This is done without a major physical reconstruction of handheld devices. This thesis presents a text only IM system built on Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and SIP for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE). It was developed with a novel user-defined hotkey implemented as a one-click context menu to "fast-track" text-gestures and emoticons. A hybrid quantitative and qualitative approach was taken to enable data triangulation. Results from experimental trials show that an Affective Gesture (AG) approach improved IM chat spontaneity/response. Feedback from the user trials affirms that AG hotkey improves chat responsiveness, thus enhancing chat spontaneity.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectInstant messaging ,Mobile communications systems, Text messages, (Telephone systems) Affective gesture Fast-track, feedback Co-presence, SIMPLE Multiparty texting SMS ,Wireless Mobile IP ,Handheld Deviceen_US
dc.titleAffective gesture fast-track feedback instant messaging (AGFIM)en_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of Western Capeen_US


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