CMN 120 Lecture 8: CMN 120 - Lecture 8 Notes + Reading Notes
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Lecture 8 - 2/15 relationship development in new technologies. Two dichotomous schools of thought: internet is impossible to create relationships, going to be impersonal and not intimate, internet is a tool for relationship development, can enhance communication. Cmc = communication that occurs through the use of electronic devices. Not face to face; mediated through another channel. Devices can include (not limited to): telephone, texting, email, skype, Author of the 3 of the 4 cmc theories. Cmc fundamentally same as interpersonal cmc basically reveals basic elements of interpersonal cmn: cmc has affordances. Types of affordances (seven: limited social cues = less contexts like clothes or gestures or eye contact. Ex: what you post on fb lasts forever; can"t go back & delete once it"s sent too (ex: screenshots: expectation for response = different mediated channels have different expectations for responses. Some channels have high expectations, we expect someone to reply! (ex: