Monday, January 31, 2011
Unit 4-Describing CMC: Interpersonal Dynamics Summary
This unit deals mostly with the downsides of the Internet. CMC, to some people, prevents people from communicating with members of their own family and decreases their social circle and increases loneliness. Two terms used to describe CMC are Allegation of asociality, bad communication because the quality of communication is reduced, and Allegation of antisociality, bad communication because it has a negative impact on offline communication. Three approaches that suggest CMC lacks important qualities of FtF communication are Social Presence, Cuelessness, and Media Richness. However, the idea of Hyperpersonal Communication suggests that CMC can be friendlier than FtF because of online group support, being more relaxed and happy with oneself, and being able to compose messages more thoughtfully. Overall, CMC can either be a cause of asociality and antisociality or can allow a person to be more expressive.
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i agree with you that there are some downsides to CMC, that people lack some of the social skills needed because they are used to CMC and not FTF. people that are used to cmc might not pick up facial expressions that people have when holding a ftf conversation. I also agree that CMC comunication can be friendlier but it also can be harsher and it could be easier for personal attacks. i think that the both cmc and ftf can actually be good if there is the right mix between the two.
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