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In chapter 7, I will present the results of the content analysis, thereby extensively describing the characteristics of messages that were sent in the MIMA group chats of the recruited NPSGs. The results section consists of four sections and follows the organization of the research questions derived in chapter five. To be more specific, the first section (7.1) is concerned with identifying a typology of messages using previously derived content dimensions introduced in Chapter 4 and describing the resulting message types in detail. The second section (7.2) will address all research questions related to the temporality of messages and how messages are temporally situated in a group’s interaction repertoire. In the third section (7.3), messages are addressed with regard to their sequentiality, that is, as part of coherent conversations. The last section (7.4) deals with messages as contributions by members and thus highlights …