CMS 341 EXAM 1 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) - ANSWER✔✔-communication within a
technological medium through which individuals construct meaning.
Characteristics of CMC - ANSWER✔✔-1. Digital -> (quick)
2. Lack of Richness
3. Persistence
4. Visibility/Openness
5. Replicability
6. Editability
How is time being shaped by CMC? - ANSWER✔✔-Temporal compression
Temporal expansion
Synchronicity
Temporal Compression - ANSWER✔✔-Trying to fit as much as possible into one unit of time
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,Temporal Expansion - ANSWER✔✔-lack of temporal boundaries (bring cellphones into
classroom)
Synchronicity - ANSWER✔✔-Varying levels:
Real Time vs. Delays
Shapes people's concept of time.
Theory of Media Synchronicity (Dennis, Fuller, & Valcich, 2008) - ANSWER✔✔--Transmission
Velocity: faster delivery speed
-Rehearsability: rehearse and fine tune messages before sending
-Reprocessability: reexamined and processed again (rereading a confusing text)
cues-filtered-out theories - ANSWER✔✔-1. Social Presence Theory
2. Lack of Social Context Hypothesis
3. Media Richness
Social Presence Theory - ANSWER✔✔--Awareness of self and others
-capacity differs
-less warmth and involvement
TAKEAWAY: CMC is inferior to traditional communication "you just need to be here"
Lack of Social Context Hypothesis - ANSWER✔✔--interpersonal and groups
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, -Block visual and social cues
-Deindividuate and normless
-Self-focused
-Example: Trolls on reddit
TAKEAWAY: CMC does not allow for the establishment of social context. Leads to dis-inhibition
and less personalized communication.
Media Richness Theory - ANSWER✔✔--Equivocality
-Four sub dimensions
1. Number of cue systems supported by a medium
2. The immediacy of feedback provided by a medium
3. The potential for natural language
4. Message personalization
TAKEAWAY: Face-to-face is the 'richest' media "don't break-up with someone on a post it note!"
What are the adaptive theories of CMC? - ANSWER✔✔-1. Social Information Processing Theory
(SIP)
2. Hyperpersonal Model
Social Information Processing Theory (SIP) - ANSWER✔✔-Suggests that:
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AND ANSWERS
Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) - ANSWER✔✔-communication within a
technological medium through which individuals construct meaning.
Characteristics of CMC - ANSWER✔✔-1. Digital -> (quick)
2. Lack of Richness
3. Persistence
4. Visibility/Openness
5. Replicability
6. Editability
How is time being shaped by CMC? - ANSWER✔✔-Temporal compression
Temporal expansion
Synchronicity
Temporal Compression - ANSWER✔✔-Trying to fit as much as possible into one unit of time
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,Temporal Expansion - ANSWER✔✔-lack of temporal boundaries (bring cellphones into
classroom)
Synchronicity - ANSWER✔✔-Varying levels:
Real Time vs. Delays
Shapes people's concept of time.
Theory of Media Synchronicity (Dennis, Fuller, & Valcich, 2008) - ANSWER✔✔--Transmission
Velocity: faster delivery speed
-Rehearsability: rehearse and fine tune messages before sending
-Reprocessability: reexamined and processed again (rereading a confusing text)
cues-filtered-out theories - ANSWER✔✔-1. Social Presence Theory
2. Lack of Social Context Hypothesis
3. Media Richness
Social Presence Theory - ANSWER✔✔--Awareness of self and others
-capacity differs
-less warmth and involvement
TAKEAWAY: CMC is inferior to traditional communication "you just need to be here"
Lack of Social Context Hypothesis - ANSWER✔✔--interpersonal and groups
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, -Block visual and social cues
-Deindividuate and normless
-Self-focused
-Example: Trolls on reddit
TAKEAWAY: CMC does not allow for the establishment of social context. Leads to dis-inhibition
and less personalized communication.
Media Richness Theory - ANSWER✔✔--Equivocality
-Four sub dimensions
1. Number of cue systems supported by a medium
2. The immediacy of feedback provided by a medium
3. The potential for natural language
4. Message personalization
TAKEAWAY: Face-to-face is the 'richest' media "don't break-up with someone on a post it note!"
What are the adaptive theories of CMC? - ANSWER✔✔-1. Social Information Processing Theory
(SIP)
2. Hyperpersonal Model
Social Information Processing Theory (SIP) - ANSWER✔✔-Suggests that:
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