BPS Core Textbooks Series

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Chapter 3 – Essay questions

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  1. Evaluate how well theories of communication developed with offline communication in mind can help to explain Computer Mediated Communication.
  2. The ‘lean medium’ of online communication and Walther’s hyperpersonal model would appear on the surface to be contradictory. How can such contradiction be understood in the light of theory and research in Computer Mediated Communication?
  3. Online communication provides excellent connectivity for business and educational reasons. However, it can never fully replace face-to-face meetings and teaching. Discuss.
  4. Have abbreviations and acronyms irrevocably altered language? Is this a positive or negative development? Why?