HCOM 2 digital age

Mediated communication

there is some technology used to deliver messages between sources and receivers 

Digital Communication

 is the transmission of digitally encoded data (text, images, video, voice) over electronic networks

Internet of things

digital technologies are embedded in all aspects of our daily lives 

Media synchronicity theory

argues that some channels enable greater ability to communicate back and forth rapidly in a coordinated exchange of messages

Social Information processing theory

explains how we use technology creatively to compensate for the lack of nonverbal cues of computer mediated communication

Replicability

messages that are stored have replicability, which means they can be shared with larger audiences

Context collapse

 the blurring of our social boundaries and combining of formerly separate audiences

Digital disparities

in terms of access or in-access to multiple devices and the ability to use digital media effectively

Social Capital

the broad set of resources that come from having connections and relationships with people