This theory is foundational to my own research, with my current working dissertation title being: “The Online Video Conversation: Social Presence in the Asynchronous Online Classroom.” I will detail this much further later. However, I am now giving this overview, since I am discussing Junghyun K...
Continue reading ...This is another theory that I am discussing based on its mention in Junghyun Kim's 2003 article. As Kim notes, this approach (Walther, Anderson, Park 1994) argues that the “[L]ack of Nonverbal cues in CMC makes it difficult (or at least more difficult) for people to interact with each other, as c...
Continue reading ...Kim, Junghyun. "Interpersonal Interaction in Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) : Exploratory Qualitative Research based on Critical Review of the Existing Theories" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA, May 27, 2003. ...
Continue reading ...Crowston, Kevin, and Marie Williams. "Reproduced and Emergent Genres of Communication on the World Wide Web." Information Society 16 3 (2000): 201-15. Given its attention to the definition and consideration of the communication genre, I am drawing on this article to help support my suggestion of th...
Continue reading ...Definition: Asynchronous Online Classroom The AOC refers to a course delivered solely online without any synchronous component. In this setting, the level of social presence is presumably lower than that experienced in the face-to-face (FtF) classroom, where one can see, hear, and interact with th...
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