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Electronically Mediated Communication (EMC): Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and texting that facilitate relationship initiation and maintenance without face-to-face interaction.
Impact of Technology: Technology alters both actions and perceptions of relationships, leading to diminished quality of in-person conversations when smartphones are present.
Transformations in Relationships: Social media changes how relationships are formed and maintained; can lead to intimacy faster than face-to-face interactions due to fewer distractions.

Definition of Emotion: Combination of biological responses, cognitive interpretations, behavioral expressions, and subjective feelings.
Prone to Discussing Emotions: Individuals are more likely to express emotions in interpersonal relationships compared to impersonal ones.
Nonverbal Cues: Often convey emotions more accurately than verbal expressions; cultural influences shape emotional expression.
Emotional Contagion: Emotions can transfer between people, affecting collective moods in social settings.

Time Shifting: EMC allows asynchronous communication, while face-to-face is synchronous.
Anonymity: Online interactions may offer varying degrees of anonymity, impacting honesty and expression.
Potential for Deception: Easier to misrepresent oneself through EMC compared to face-to-face.
Nonverbal Communication: Lacks visual cues; reliance on written words, emoticons for emotional expression.
Physical Distance: EMC enables communication across vast distances, unlike traditional face-to-face interactions.

Cues-Filtered-Out Theory: Proposes emotional expressions are limited in text due to absence of nonverbal cues.
Media Richness Theory: Evaluates communication channels based on their ability to convey emotional and relational information.
Social Information-Processing Theory: Suggests relationships can develop via EMC similarly to face-to-face interactions, though may take longer to establish emotional depth.