Cyber seminar question Flashcards
What activities did the seminars entail?
Face-to-face
Synchronous (instant messaging - WhatsApp)
Asynchronous (Brightspace)
Video chat (Skype)
What was the topics of discussion
Video games - mine was violent video games being linked to aggression (meta analysis of 300 studies from 2005-2013)
State 3 similarities found
Leadership able to form naturally across all platforms
Social loafing able to take place all platforms
Group decision process and outcomes similar
State 4 differences found
Formal communication asynchronous, less formal on others
Group cohesion works best ftf
More/less talkative online - personality traits
Convergence/divergence
What does Beltgens (2005) suggest?
Tuchman’s stages of group development (how groups meet and develop to face challenges) is able to take place online and offline, but it takes more time online
What did Norris & Paul (2002) state?
Social loafing easier to take place online due to anonymity - our processes show that it takes place equally - due to personality and laziness
What does Gallis (1991) suggest?
Convergence takes place as people look for social approval - divergence happened more in our comms online compared to offline (leadership/personality traits)
Marriot & Buchanan’s (2014) research states what?
Introverts are able to disclose more trust online as others reactions become nullified - reason for divergence
What did Sprout & Kiesler (1991) say? How does this affect the group seminar processes?
Online reduces conformity, meaning it takes longer to reach an outcome
Not shown in ours, shown across all methods
State 10 factors which need to be spoke about
Leadership
Quality of discussion
Social loafing
Convergence/Divergence
Personality differences
Conformity and minority opinions
Decision process and outcome
Group cohesion
Formality of discussion and language used
Best type of method to be used
State research on minority opinions
McLeod (2017) suggest that minority opinions are more likely to be expressed online - introversionw
What is Giles (199) theory?
Communication Accommodation Theory
States that people tend to change the way they communicate around the person being spoken to - social approval
What does Hollingshead (2011) show?
Leadership can become lost online as geographical differences cause depolarisation
What do Hammick & Lee (2013) state?
Communication apprehension (anxiety) becomes reduced online - possibly due anonymity, geographic differences
What does Dubrovsky (2011) show?
Online methods are able to reduce the influence of higher-status and individuals with expertise - in this case, people who play video games
