CMN 120 Lecture 8: Lecture #8 notes
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= communication occurring through use of electronic devices. Affordances = characteristics of new technologies that give opportunities different from face-to-face communication: ex. Editing before sending: can use affordances to enhance relational outcomes, types: Limited social cues = different channels has different # of social cues. Telephone vocalics only: editability = allows us to think twice, time availability (asynchronous) = time delay. Text message: cognitive reallocation = freeing up the brain and only focusing on their message, visibility = broadcasting what happens. Snapchat stories: persistence = information communicated lasts forever. Fb messages (cid:862)rereadi(cid:374)g (cid:373)essages(cid:863: expectation for response = face-to-face communication has highest. Assumptions: expectation for response: communication media vary in degree of social presence, the variations determine how they interact, users are aware of the social presence, users avoid some media depending on what is communicated. The amount of info a channel carries (information carrying capacity) is directly linked to social presence.
