Chp 11: Mediated Relationships

Catfishing

________ - the practice of pretending to have a different identity via social media in order to initiate and maintain a relationship with another person.

Media Richness Theory

________- rich versus lean messages.

Social media

________- forms of electronic communication through which users online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content.

Synchronous communication

________ - communication that occurs simultaneously

Asynchronous communication

________ - communication that occurs when the communicators are sending and receiving messages at different times

Hyperperson communication

________ - computer-mediated communication that has a higher level of affection, emotion, liking, solidarity, and intimacy than face-to-face conversations

Impersonal communication

________ - communication that occurs in order to facilitate some type of transaction; based primarily on social roles