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Characteristics of Establishing Social Interaction in Computer-Mediated Communication
Tadej PRAPROTNIK
Sažetak
The article deals with the problems concerning establishing
and keeping on-line relationships, i.e. relationships formed
by individuals through the virtual space of the internet,
especially in chat-rooms, discussion forums or via electronic
mail. The article focuses on various theories which explain
communication dynamics in computer-mediated
communication. On the other hand, it enumerates different
examples of establishing on-line relationships. In the face of
a partly different communication context (anonymity, the lack
of some elements, typical of "normal", i.e. face-to-face
conversation) the very relationships are formed in a slightly
different way than usual face-to-face love relationships or
friendships. The author is interested whether we are faced
with some kind of process of passivisation of interlocutors.
On-line partners can ascribe certain problems concerning
on-line relationships to "limited" media (i.e. computer-
-mediated communication), through which their relationships
are formed. They ascribe to the media the unability to
support relationships in order to disguise their own
unpreparedness to establish integral relationships. The
author brings attention to characteristics of computer-
-mediated communication, which enables a very controlled
interaction, in which we are faced with at least a partly different context of communication than in face-to-face
communication. In view of such problems, the author
enumerates different factors which function as contextual
elements in establishing on-line relationships.
Ključne riječi
computer-mediated communication; on-line relationships; chat-rooms; e-forums; electronic mail; communication context
Hrčak ID:
18930
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.4.2007.
Posjeta: 8.795 *