Self-Disclosure in Virtual Relationships Flashcards

1
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Self-disclosure increases when people communicate through…

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computers

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2
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Altman and Taylor’s Theory

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Social Penetration Theory

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3
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Altman and Taylor’s Social Penetration Theory date

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1973

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What does Social Penetration Theory say?

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intimacy and closeness develop in relationships through a gradual process of self-disclosure

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5
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What is self-disclosure?

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revealing information about yourself

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6
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Joinson Date

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2001

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What did Joinson find?

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that self-disclosure happens more when people communicate via computer then face to face

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Joinson: Type of study

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laboratory study

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Joinson: who were the participants?

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undergraduate students

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Joinson: Method

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participants were paired and asked to discuss an abstract dilemma which stimulated conversation

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Joinson: what was rated?

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their levels of self-disclosure

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Joinson: Experiment 1

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Half of the pairs discussed the dilemma face to face and half discussed it from separate rooms using a computer chat room

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Joinson: Experiment 2

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All of the pairs used the chat program but half of them also had a video connection so they could see each other

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Joinson: Results - Experiment `1

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participants in the computer condition showed significantly more self-disclosure then the face-to-face participants

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Joinson: Results - Experiment 2

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pairs who could see each other over video had significantly lower levels of self-disclosure than pairs without a video

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16
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Joinson: Conclusions

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people disclose more about themselves when communicating via computer then they do face to face and using video reduces the level of self-disclosure in computer communication

17
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Joinson: Evaluation - Laboratory Experiment

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variables were controlled and and the study can be replicated

18
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Joinson: Evaluation - Same Sex Pairs

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because the test used same sex pairs, the results cannot be generalized

19
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Joinson: Evaluation - The First Experiment

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the raters could have easily figured out if the transcripts were chat or face to face

20
Q

what might affect computer communication?

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self-awareness

21
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what does self-awareness mean?

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paying attention to yourself

22
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public awareness

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being aware to how you appear to others

23
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private self-awareness

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this is ‘looking inwards’ - being aware about whats going on in your head

24
Q

Joinson (2001) study also included a…

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third experiment

25
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what was third experiment in Joinson (2001) study?

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participants discussed the dilemma through computers in conditions which were designed to induce either public and private self-awareness

26
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What did Joinson (2001) find in the third condition?

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conditions designed to create high private self-awareness and low public self-awareness caused higher levels of self-disclosure then other conditions