Chapter 7 Terms

Question 1

Asynchronous

Answer 1

Communication that allows a sender to create a message that is stored until the receiver retrieves it; does not occur in real-time

Question 2

CC

Answer 2

Carbon copy; email field used for recipients who need to see the email but not act upon it

Question 3

Co-located

Answer 3

Communicators who are in the same physical proximity; such as the same room

Question 4

Cybervetting

Answer 4

When employers use Internet searches and social networking sites to find out information or screen potential hires

Question 5

Disclosure

Answer 5

Revealing personal or intimate information to an audience

Question 6

Domain

Answer 6

Identifies the service provider for email, websites, etc

Question 7

Hyperpersonal communication

Answer 7

A theory that states mediated communication can lead participants to overshare and idealize others; sometimes leading them to bond more closely than they would during a face-to-face interaction

Question 8

Low cues

Answer 8

Communication that lacks the nonverbal information of a face-to-face conversation

Question 9

Mediated communication

Answer 9

Communication that takes place through a technological medium

Question 10

Permanence of records

Answer 10

Communication and messages are logged or archived in one or more places and can be accessed later

Question 11

Pseudonym

Answer 11

An assumed or fictitious name. In mediated communication, this could be an email address, screen name, or user name

Question 12

Synchronous

Answer 12

Communication where interactants send and receive messages in real-time