COMST 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Distance, Deindividuation, Friending And Following
13 Sep 2016
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Community: place, rules/norms, cultural/ritual/history, shared idenities o. Informational and emotional support groups that form the same bonds as geographic communities. Advantages of online communities: can choose to reveal information that would otherwise be observable, connection is voluntary, selective self-preservation, hide defects. For those who see community as related to location, online communities are less "real" For those who view communities as related to relationships/feelings, online communities are more "real" Especially relevant in mmorpgs like second life. Can also be tied to a geographic place. Many types of social support available online. Identifying communities: shared identities: people enact particular roles. Also, welcomers, fans, discussions artists, flame warriors, trolls, etc: social identification / deindividuation theory (side) Elimination of visual cues (and anonymity) in cmc makes people more likely to conform to a common social identity. Assume that other people are similar to themselves: shared norms and characteristics. Social evaluations of others tend to be more positive.
