First, internet users are relatively anonymous. Second, CMC is not face-to-face and therefore lacks the non-verbal features of communication such as tone of voice, facial expressions and other interpersonal features such as physical attractiveness. Much of the research in the CMC field explored how these two missing features affect social influence and interaction.
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I kind of agree with this because when you are talking over the internet or in a text message and you sometime get into arguments because you misunderstand what the other person is trying to say because you didn’t receive the verbal or nonverbal cues due to not be face to face with them. Sometimes I get into arguments with my fiancé over the phone because there is a misunderstanding due to not enough nonverbal cues. When I can’t see his face and if he is joking I can and do take offence to some things he says. Like, if he is joking and he is smiling I can’t see that over the phone, sometimes you can hear it in their voice however you can’t hear a smile over the internet. I don’t feel that the internet is a bad way to communicate or that it is going to cause bad social skills, I just feel that there needs to be a happy balance between internet interactions and face to face interactions.
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Owens, L. (2009, April 23). Internet & anti-social behavior theory unfounded. Psycology@suite 101, Retrieved from http://laura-owens.suite101.com/internet--anti-social-behavior-theory-unfounded-a111897
Green, Z. (2009, December 19). Unfriending the internet: confessions of an antisocial networker, and why you might be one too Plankhead, Retrieved from http://plankhead.com/35
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