Analyzing Turn Taking Structures in Chat Rooms and Social Networks

The aim of the present article is to present the type of language being used in cyberspace. In addition, turn taking and turn giving strategies are analyzed. The data included Iranian Persian speaker users’ individual and group chats. The data for the present research was collected from Yahoo chartrooms, Face book and Telegram users. The reason behind choosing these networks is that they are used publically and extensively in Iran. Out results indicated that no specific structure or pre-set rules can be traced in the turn taking, managing and turn giving strategies used by the participants. In fact, users’ application of such strategies depends most on individual habits and typing skills while chatting.