COMST 330 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Presence Theory, Media Richness Theory, Online Community
15 Sep 2016
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Interactivity: how much you can interact with a particular device or people through the device: smart phones: highly interactive, pager: low interactivity. Temporal structure: synchronous: same time, asynchronous: time delay. Social cues: primarily nonverbal information included in a message. Storage and replicability: storage: how long things are stored (text messages and emails, replicability: ability to replicate information. Reach o how far technology reaches out to various populations. Mobility: can we take the technology with us? (desktop versus laptop) Social shaping: acknowledges that there is some ways technology changes us, and also that we have some control over technology. Domestication: certain technology becomes an everyday item. Dystopian perspective: technology is bad and will ruin society. Social presence theory: how "present" we are in a conversation. Media richness theory: how rich the media is (nonverbals displayed, etc. ) Online community: space, practice, shared resources, support, shared identities o.
