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Who developed this?
Walther 1996
What is the level of self- disclosure for this theory?
Higher
Why do they develop and break down quickly?
Self disclosure happens earlier- more intense and intimate but underlying trust and knowledge is lacking
Boom and Bust
Cooper and Sportolari 1997
Cooper and Sportolari 1997 results BOOM
Anonymity of online interactions gave web-users a sense of security- made them disclose personal information earlier in relationships than face-to-face
Cooper and Sportolari 1997 results BUST
Necessary trust foundation hadn't been established so intensity of relationship was impossible to sustain, leading to break-up
Social penetration theory link
Breadth of relationships needs to be established first before proceeding to a deeper self-disclosure
Bargh et al (2002)
More likely to share personal info with stranger as we will never see them again