Chapter 10 -- Electronic -- Copyright 2010, Rowman & Littlefield. All Rights Reserved. 1 Chapter 10 Electronically Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Chapter 10 -- Electronic -- Copyright 2010, Rowman & Littlefield. All Rights Reserved.

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Chapter 10 Electronically Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Soulja Boy Tell`em - Kiss Me Thru The Phone ft. Sammie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Fbo4kU2AU


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Electronic Mediated Communication [EMC]

Has become pervasive in personal, academic, and business contexts and continues to grow in importance and types of techniques.


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EMC Examples

blogs, cell phones, computer-conferencing , discussion boards, electronic mail, instant messages, photo-sharing communities, social networks (e.g., texting, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter), videologs, voiceover IP technology, such as Skyping and YouTube.


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What are the pros and cons you experience with e-communication?


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Rules of etiquette for the use of cell phones include:

If you are engaged in face-to-face communication, keep talking and ignore your phone.

Remove yourself from others so you can speak privately.


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Avoid using the speaker phone.Tell others in advance if you are waiting

for an important call.


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Remember, any time you answer a phone call during a conversation with another person, you are saying "you're not as important to me as the person on the phone."


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Use voice-mail and caller ID so you can bypass unnecessary calls.

Be sure your phone is turned off when you go to a class, library, meeting, conference, speech, interview, worship service, concert, film, recital, stage play, ballet, or court session.


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Avoid personal calls at the office. If you must use someone else’s cell

phone, minimize the amount of time you use their service minutes.


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If you have a bad connection, hang up and find a better place to make the call instead of trying to talk over the static.

Avoid discussing personal matters if you are in a public space.


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Follow the rules about wireless phone use in hospitals and on airplanes so you won’t interfere with sensitive electronic equipment.


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Why are cell phones banned in some places?

Class.Art museum.The gym.


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Sexting

“Sexting is the sending of nude, semi-nude, or erotic pictures or video via cell phone.”

What are inherent problems in sexting or similar pictures in Facebook or other places.

Locker, S. (2008, December 6). Sexting definition. Retrieved from http://sarilocker.com/blog/2008/12/06/sexting-definition/


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Cyber bullying

Cyber bullying--also known as digital harassment--is mistreatment that takes place using an electronic medium.

What examples have you seen or heard of regarding cyber-bullying?

Mitchell, A. (2004, January 24). Bullied by the click of a mouse. www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040124.wbully0124/BNStory/


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Stop Cyber-bullying

Refuse to pass along cyber bullying messages.

Block and report cyber bullying to the proper authorities.

Never post or share your personal information online.

Never share your passwords. Use virus and tracking detection programs. Be careful about meeting face-to-face.


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Stop Cyber-stalking

Create a gender neutral E-mail name. No gender and personal information. Use E-mail signature that is businesslike. If you find yourself being victimized, the classic

advice is to ignore the stalker. Even responding to their E-mail to say, ‘Leave me alone,’ just encourages them.

Other ideas?


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How can you improve your online interpersonal communication?


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How can you use email effectively?

A rule of good sense should be, “don’t say anything on the Internet that you would be ashamed for your family, boss, or best friend to read.”


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How can you use blogging to improve interpersonal relationships?

“A blog is a Website with dated entries, usually by a single author, often accompanied by links to other blogs. Think of a blog as one person’s public diary or suggestion list.”

Siemens, G. (2002, December 1). The art of blogging-part 1: Overview, definitions, uses and implications, p. 2. Retrieved from www.elearnspace.org/Articles/blogging_part_1.htm


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Social Networking

How can you use social networking to increase the quality of your interpersonal relationships?

Check out recent Facebook statistics http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics


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What are the pros and cons of social networking?

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How can you protect yourself from phishing?

Compare key software http://phishing-zapper.en.softonic.com/compare/ad-aware,spybot-search-destroy,xoftspyse


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True of False

Do not post your phone number on Facebook Facebook's user interface, the result of its

fundamentally collegiate, video gamer sensibility, is not designed to be an effective business tool.

Facebook developers often spring new features on users without warning.

Facebook phishing (scamming) is a reality.


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Facebook Quiz

All are true. What other advice do you have about

using social networking for more effective interpersonal communication?


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Text messaging

What are pros and cons of text messaging?

Discuss ideas from the book and your personal experience.


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Example problems with texting.

General deterioration of writing skills.Cheating in academic settings.Lessened ability to make own decisions

because constantly consulting friends.Texting can be addictive.


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Application Activities

Work with a partner, group, or after class.


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How do you use the Internet interpersonally?

To make long-distance relationships feel closer?

To meet new people?To create and sustain new relationships?To indulge in fantasies?To cover up for a lack of interpersonal

skills?


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Try a technology free day

Go for 24 hours with no cell phone, email, Internet use, or similar electronics.

Discuss what you think will be effect (before) and what happened (after).

After trying 24 hours, how about doing it for one week?


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Positives and Negatives of Internet

Create a list of 5 possible positive and 5 possible negative effects of Internet use on interpersonal communication.


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Develop a list of rules for yourself to ensure appropriate self-disclosure online. You can think of the nature of self-disclosure in face-to-face contexts and the unwritten rules in that context, and use the same good judgment online.


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USING AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC)

View this video http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8343634176195671432&ei=JRRWS674LZSGqAPcqO2xBw&q=communication&hl=en# or another that provides information about the use of technology for assisting people with disabilities. Give a brief presentation on the topic to the class or your class team.


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Berko, R. M., Aitken, J. E., & Wolvin, A. D. (2010). ICOMM: Interpersonal concepts and competencies. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

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