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Published on
13 Apr 2012
13 Apr 2012
Dana Radovanovic discusses 'phatic' communications online: brief and apparently trivial or mundane updates posted on social media. Her research used work by Bernie Hogan and led her to conclude that despite content this 'small talk' is meaningful.