Abstract
Although Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) is not a
novelty, its current spread is casting a blaze of light on the new environments
created by electronic communications. Trying to understand the characteristics
of CMC and its effects on people, groups and organizations, the chapter outlines
a framework for the study of computer-mediated communication. The
chapter also considers the implications of these changes for current research in
communication studies, with particular reference to the role of context, the link
between cognition and interaction, and the use of interlocutory models as paradigms
of communicative interaction: communication is not only – or not so
much – a transfer of information, but also the activation of a psychosocial relationship,
the process by which interlocutors co-construct an area of reality.
Lingua originale | English |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Communications Through Virtual Technology: Identity Community and Technology in the Internet Age |
Editor | F. Davide, GIUSEPPE RIVA |
Pagine | 23-46 |
Numero di pagine | 24 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2001 |
Keywords
- identity
- social interaction
- virtual environments