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Computer Mediated Communication

Flemming Schneider Rhode, 21 st March 2010. Computer Mediated Communication. What is CMC?. “A process of human communication via computers, involving people , situated in particular contexts , engaging in processes to shape media for a variety of purposes” (December, 1997).

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Computer Mediated Communication

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  1. Flemming Schneider Rhode, 21st March 2010 Computer Mediated Communication

  2. What is CMC? “A process of human communication via computers, involving people, situated in particular contexts, engaging in processes to shape media for a variety of purposes” (December, 1997)

  3. Synchronous vs. Asynchronous CMC • Asynchronous Communication • People Communicating do not have the same time availability • Examples: Email, Blackboard • Synchronous Communication • Interaction happening in real time • Examples: IMing, NetMeeting, Skype

  4. Self Presentation Canary et al. on Online Self Presentation (p. 175) • Poorer Channels create ambiguity • Threats to self presentation are often mediated • Hyperpersonality • CMC content is characterized by core rather than peripheral topics • CMC is assumed deliberate and purposeful • We get to know each other faster, but also more narrowly online

  5. Facebook • 60 Minutes Report • Career implications (Canary et al., 2006, p. 154-5) • The typical user spends about 20 minutes a day on the site, and two-thirds of users log in at least once a day (Cassidy, 2006; Needham & Company, 2007). • Metaperceptions often inaccurate (Canary et al. ,2006, p. 139)

  6. Online Identity Management • Individuals are recognized by (Stewart, 2009, p. 120): • Personal Markers (e.g. writing style, avatars) • Online social conduct • Contribution to the cooperative narrative • Issues of reliability and trust • Issues of anonymity • Informative Aspects (credibility and expertise of the author) • Group Pressure Aspects (Unpopular opinions vs. blind attacks) • Freedom of Speech

  7. Online Identity Management • What Is an Author (Foucault) • Authorship is an idea, a not a given • Texts and discourses transition from an act to a product • Author “function” • Implications for how we see CMC such as Wikipedia, blogs, and Open Source coding

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