Sunday, November 4, 2012
CMC involves the use of social networking sites. After reading a couple of posts about social network sites, I decided to expand on my input on the idea of Facebook. Facebook is a way to gain social closeness within a computer-mediated group. As discussed in the book, it is more difficult to gain personal relationships with other group members in CMC groups because CMC groups tend to lean more towards reaching the goal than creating relationships with other members. The way Facebook is designed allows computer-mediated members to use Facebook for personal and social needs. For example, if another member from a group reads and comments on another member's post about their life, they are gaining a personal connection. Although Facebook can be convenient in helping CMC groups gain relationships, members must be aware of the information they post and still keep it professional in a social network setting. Social networks can either help or in a way, ruin CMC.
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Hi Jasssbo, I thought it was interesting that expanded on the topic of Facebook and CMC. I like what you had to say about it and felt you did a great job. I do feel it is more difficult to develop social closeness though CMC. I feel this way because a conversation using CMC could take a lot longer to complete than if it was F2F. Let’s say I met someone and wanted to flirt with them to hint that I am interested. It would be more difficult to flirt using CMC than it would be if I was with them in person. I thought you made good points, nice work.
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