Virtual Relationships

Question 1

What did Walter find about self disclosure online?

Answer 1

• happens earlier
• more meaningful
• feels more intense

Question 2

Why did Walther think self disclosure was easier online and why does it tend to end quickly?

Answer 2

• can edit responses (selective self presentation)

- hard to keep up

Question 3

What did Rubin find about online relationships and self disclosure?

Answer 3

• unlikely to meet stranger so can’t leak info

- more likely to be honest, self disclose and lie

Question 4

What did sproul and kiesler find about online relationships and self disclosure?

Answer 4

• less honest due to lack of cues (reduced cues theory)

- lowers self awareness (may cause de-individuation)

Question 5

What did zaho find about online relationships and self disclosure?

Answer 5

Allows people to stretch the truth as absence of barriers eg attractiveness

Question 6

What did Whitty and joinson find about online relationships and self disclosure?

Answer 6

Questions online are very direct, probing and intimate

Question 7

What did baker and Oswald find about online relationships and self disclosure?

Answer 7

• helps people overcome shyness

- improves communication offline