Abstract

TERRONI, Nancy Noemi. The communication centrality and the perceived influence in small groups. PsicoUSF [online]. 2003, vol.8, n.1, pp. 39-46. ISSN 1413-8271.

This work reports reticular measures of the social network analysis in the communication of small groups while solving a recall memory task and their association with the perceived influence. The task used is a story and the 65 subjects, students at the Mar del Plata University had to reconstruct the story, first individually, then in collaborative groups and again individually. The subjects’ interactions in face to face and computer mediated communication groups were recorded; the prominence measures, the centrality and the prestige of the communication and the type of speech were analyzed, oriented to the group management or towards the task (conceptual). Significant associations between the reticular measures and the perceived influence were observed, for both media, and differences in the group management communications were found. These results in relation to the restrictions of the communication mediated channels are discussed.

Keywords : Communication centrality; Perceived influence; Small groups; Memory.

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