[Air-l] Query on IM Research

[nbaron at american.edu]

I'm undertaking a study on the use of instant messaging and would
appreciate references to existing research (either completed or on-going).
My primary focus is on interpersonal (i.e., non-commercial) IM, with
special interest in textual analysis of actual IM data. One of the biggest
challenges is obviously gathering a corpus of users' IMs.

References and suggestions are much appreciated.

Naomi Baron
Professor of Linguistics
American University
Washington, DC  20016-8045