SIPT explicitly assumes that individuals are motivated to form impressions and develop relationships of some kind, no matter what medium they are using (394). Walther, Joseph B., Leslie A. Baxter, and Dawn O. Braithewaite. "Social Information Processing Theory." Engaging Theories in Interpersonal C...
Continue reading ...Argyle, M., & Dean, J. (1965). Eye contact, distance, and affiliation. Sociometry, 28, 289- 304. Argyle, M., & Cook, M. (1976). Gaze and mutual gaze. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Uni- versity Press. Another example of the discussion on whether there is a certain level of interchangeability of verb...
Continue reading ...Walther, J. B., Loh, T., & Granka, L. (2005). Let me count the ways - The interchange of verbal and nonverbal cues in computer-mediated and face-to-face affinity. [Article]. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24(1), 36-65. That CMC does not offer nonverbal cues in communication has been dis...
Continue reading ...Walther, J. B. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23(1), 3-43. Hyperpersonal In the last few posts, I discussed this Walther article and the ways in which computer-mediated communication (CMC) can be more imp...
Continue reading ...Walther, J. B. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23(1), 3-43. Interpersonal Continuing from the Last post, after considering the impersonal perspective of CMC, Walther goes on to look at the interpersonal pe...
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