Virtual relationships in social media: self disclosure

Question 1

Sproull and Kiesler

Answer 1

• reduced cues theory

Question 2

Walther

Answer 2

• the hyperpersonal model
• relationships are generally conducted online and offline together

Question 3

Whitty and Johnson

Answer 3

• questions tend to be very direct, probing and sometimes intimate

Question 4

Rubin

Answer 4

• stranger on a train
• confederates disclose personal information to strangers (on a train, airport lounge, bus stop)
• more likely to self disclose back to a stranger

Question 5

Cornwell and Lundgren

Answer 5

• surveyed 80 chatrooms
• 28% misrepresented their physical appearance
• 23% their age
• 18% their background

Question 6

Michna et al

Answer 6

• young people thought of virtual relationships as in the same vein as physical ones
• likely virtual relationships will increase as more people enter dating ages