I understand this assignment is a little late, however I ran into a problem, which was that my invite to the blog had expired which lead me to believe I no longer could post to the blog... To my surprise I can! :)
I feel as if although the Internet and the way we use it to communicate is changing increasingly fast I feel as if most of the theories we discussed in class with continue to explain how we act as we do in social situation online. For now the most advanced form of communication I know of on the Internet is video chat with voice, which I do on a daily basis. I feel as if the theories we have talked about in class still do there job explaining why we might do the things we do while in a CMC environment. However I do feel as if with further advances they may need to be re-evaluated or performed in a more advanced environment in order to present us with the most up to date and information available. Just like any other thing with time it needs to be edited and changed and re-tested in order to perform to the current days standards.
I feel as if perhaps the only theory that will become obsolete is Wallace theories of the internet today. I honestly don't feel as if her theory about less social support ect. really support the current state of CMC communication as she describes it.
I find when meeting new people when video/voice chatting theories such as the hyper personal model still play a huge role in getting to know someone in a CMC environment. For example if you read my last blog post about my "newest coolest fiend" I first met my new friend on a video/voice chat and then moved into mostly just txt, then phone calls, then ftf, and I referred to Walthers hyper personal model to describe my experience.
As for what the class missed I really feel as if the only thing would be video/voice communication online. I feel as if websites like myspace and youtube that support your videos you post online are a huge part of the growing CMC communication of the future and I wished we had looked at them a little more. I know that video chat and voice chat has been around for quite a while now as well but I feel like we really didn't cover as much about it as we should have.
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Hey Will, the hyperperonal model definately seems to be the most useful and relevant theory. When writing these blogs, I also typically refered to the hyperpersonal model to explain my results. As for what the class should cover, video is a must like you said. Video affects impression formation and the media. Video will also affect selective self-presentation regarding the hyperpersonal model.
I found your blog to be very similar to mine! I think the hyperpersonal model is the most effective in anticipating online impression fromation and I also found that video is most likely to be the future of the social computing research. I think that the reason this class was unable to delve into this type of CMC environment was because of the lack of research conducted on video chatting and YouTube websites.
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