CMST 352 Final: Comm_Final.doc
Document Summary
Social information processing theory: people get information about others and use that information to form interpersonal impressions of who people are, first, info is gained next, a composite mental image is created. Cmc vs. ftf: nonverbal cues are filtered out in cmc, lost sense of joint-involvement in interaction, lack of social context clues. Extended time: the exchange of social information through cmc is much slower than. Ftf, so impressions are formed at a reduced rate: cmc takes 4 times as long as ftf messages, people develop relationships in cmc because of anticipated future interaction. Selective self-presentation: an online positive portrayal of yourself without fear of contradiction, which enables people to create an overwhelmingly favorable impression. Over-attribution of similarity: our basic interpretive bias is to assume that the specific action we see reflects the personality of the person who did it.
