Computer-Mediated Communication - Wikipedia
- It discusses the need for theories that explain the evolving nature of CMC (Computer-Mediated Communication).
- It introduces 13 major and minor theories.
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The next set of theories reflects the ways in which communicators adapt to or exploit the cue limitations of CMC systems to achieve or surpass face-to-face levels of affinity.
- It assumes that communicators tend to move towards that direction.
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The chapter ends with a few notes of concern about trends in contemporary CMC research.
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These trends represent understandable developments given the nature of the field, yet they also present potential problems in the further development of knowledge in certain domains. These concerns involve the role of face-to-face comparisons in technology-focused research,
- I see.
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the potential impact of new technologies on earlier CMC theories, and the implications of multimodality in relationships (i.e., how to learn about the usage of a variety of communication systems within any single relationship).
Cues-Filtered-Out Theories As numerous reviews have reflected, Culnan and Markus (1987) coined the term cues-filtered-out to describe a group of theories sharing the premise that CMC has no nonverbal cues and therefore occludes the accomplishment of social functions that typically involve those cues.
- Hmm, I see? (blu3mo)
- It seems like the discussion is based on a very limited assumption of CMC overall.
- Well, it’s understandable since it’s from 1987, but it seems different from what I was looking for. (blu3mo)
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Despite these pronouncements about its overarching superiority as an organizing model for the entire field, the SIDE model seems now to be taking a more appropriately limited place in CMC research. This change appears to be due to uncertainties about the components of the model itself, empirical “competitions” in which social and interpersonal components both appear, and new media forms that alternately extend or restrict the scope of SIDE’s domain.
- That’s right. (blu3mo)
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Signaling theory, as reviewed by Donath (2007), shows “why certain signals are reliable and others are not. For a signal to be reliable, the costs of deceptively producing the signal must outweigh the benefits.”
- Oh, that’s interesting. (blu3mo)
- Overall, it seems like the discussion is mostly about constraints.
- I want to read more about abilities.