Computer-mediated communication

What is the communication topic about? Uncertainty reduction theory is an idea that was written about in 1975 by Charles Berger & Richard Calabrese. The central idea behind this theory is that when individuals first meet strangers they will employ certain strategies to gain information about this unfamiliar person in order to be able to predict or explain that persons’ actions, thoughts, and feelings (cited by Gibbs, Ellison & Lai, 2011, Antheunis, Valkenberg & Peter, 2010). According to…

Interpersonal communication is a key tool to successfully break down barriers that people often build up. Hinkle 3 While I do conduct a lot of my communicating with upper management, departments, and students in one-on-one settings, such as meetings, PowWows, classroom, or through us interacting on the clinic floor, I do have to, also, spend a great deal of spending/responding to emails, a “electric mail messages exchanged through a computer network, and text messages.” The form of…

the higher their new friendship quality.” Stated by Tian (pp. 247 2013). This is because computer-mediated communication has no face-threatening situations and allows a more comfortable pace for highly anxious individuals to communicate with greater control of their social interactions. Opposing, it has been argued that those who have lower levels of social anxiety who engage in computer-mediated communication that also create online friendships are at risk of harming the quality of their…

With social networking emerging at the forefront of a new era for interpersonal communication it also brings with it new questions about nonverbal communication associated with the use of social networks. A study conducted in 2014 by Fleuriet, Cole, and Guerrero of Arizona State University (p. 429) allows us insight into our real life reactions to nonverbal cues and communication that we interact with while on a social network. This paper will explain the procedures followed by the researchers…

Social media can also prevent interpersonal interactions, with friends and family. Therefore, Social media benefits or hinder interpersonal interactions. My discussion suggests what social media assists, within interacting with humans. Computer mediated communication has progressed drastically, since the 2000 's. For example, Mark Zuckerberg attended Harvard and created Facebook in 2004. "Facebook is the number one social media website today and it currently boasts over a billion users"…

Penetration Theory when it comes to self-disclosure in online dating. Jiang, Bazaarova and Hancock explain how people participating in computer-mediated communication have a higher level of self-disclosure than people participating in face-to-face communication. Gibbs, Ellison and Heino conduct a study to explain how someones goals for face-to-face communication with their online…

In today's society, social media and online correspondence is an important factor in day-to-day communication. Whether it is sending a quick text message to a friend, or an email to a professor, response speed tends to influence personal opinion from sender to receiver. In the journal article "Chronemics in Instructor-Student E-Mail Communication: An Experimental Examination of Student Evaluations of Instructor Response Speeds" by Nicholas T. Tatum et al, it explains their experiment of "how…

asynchronously, regardless of physical proximity. The purpose of this paper is to better understand the correlation between the use of machine mediated communication (MMC) and communication apprehension (CA) in face-to-face communication. Specifically, the research will focus on the questions of whether the use of machine mediated communication, increases individual communication apprehension of in-person conversations and is there is a corresponding predisposition to avoid or minimize “the…

Social Relationships There have been many studies conducted on the various features of the Internet, its connection to social media, and how it influences intimate, and professional relationships. Though many scholars believe that the advent of the computer age, coupled with enormity of information available on the Internet, has enabled people, young and old, to access many areas of knowledge (Morris & Stevens 2007). On the other hand, some results suggest that heavy use of the Internet by…

A computer is defined as any programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve, and process data. The fundamental idea of computing developed back in the 1200’s to help solve problems with a series of written procedures. In the early 1640’s, a hand powered adding machine, the mechanical calculator was manufactured. In the 1800’s, Joseph-Marie Jacquard built a loom that was weaved by reading punched holes stored on a small sheet of hardwood and when plates were inserted and powered by water…