Self-Disclosure in Virtual Relationships
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- Self-Disclosure in Virtual Relationships
- Reduced Cues
- Sproull and Kiesler (1986) suggested that online relationships might be less open and honest than face-to-face ones,
- In real life we rely on subtle cues, such as facial expressions and tone of voice; these cues are absent in virtual communications
- Reduction in communication cues leads to de-individuation because it diminishes people's feelings of individual identity.
- brings on behaviours that people usually restrain themselves from displaying in face-to-face interactions, such as aggression.
- consequence of this is less self-disclosure from other people, as they fear becoming the victim of verbal violence.
- brings on behaviours that people usually restrain themselves from displaying in face-to-face interactions, such as aggression.
- Sproull and Kiesler (1986) suggested that online relationships might be less open and honest than face-to-face ones,
- The Hyperpersonal Model
- Walther (1996, 2011) suggested that, as self disclosure in online relationships happens earlier than in face-to-face ones, relationships quickly become more intense and feel more intimate and meaningful.
- because it is easier to manipulate self-disclosure online than face-to-face. Participants in online conversation have more time to 'edit' their responses to present themselves in a more positive light
- 'selective self-presentation'. Projecting a positive image will then make an online partner want to disclose more personal information, increasing the intensity and feelings of intimacy towards the relationship.
- because it is easier to manipulate self-disclosure online than face-to-face. Participants in online conversation have more time to 'edit' their responses to present themselves in a more positive light
- Walther (1996, 2011) suggested that, as self disclosure in online relationships happens earlier than in face-to-face ones, relationships quickly become more intense and feel more intimate and meaningful.
- WEAKNESS
- P - An issue with studying virtual relationship in social media is that it is affected by changes in a fast-paced society.
- E - Most of the research examining virtual relationships was conducted in the late 1990s and early 2000s. As technology is changing rapidly, so is the nature of online relationships.
- E - Therefore, psychological research in this area risks becoming outdated by the time it is published.
- L - This lowers the temporal validity of research into online relationships and means that the findings into virtual relationships may not necessarily apply to the current situation.
- E - Therefore, psychological research in this area risks becoming outdated by the time it is published.
- E - Most of the research examining virtual relationships was conducted in the late 1990s and early 2000s. As technology is changing rapidly, so is the nature of online relationships.
- P - Research into virtual relationships is based on the experiences of mainly Western, technologically developed cultures.
- E - Internet technology is not readily available in some countries, so the conclusions about the development and effects of virtual communication on romantic relationships cannot be applied to them.
- E - There are also important gender differences in virtual relationships as women tended to rate their relationships formed online as more intimate, and valued self-disclosure, more highly than men.
- L - This lowers the validity of research into virtual relationships, limiting the range of relationships it explains.
- E - There are also important gender differences in virtual relationships as women tended to rate their relationships formed online as more intimate, and valued self-disclosure, more highly than men.
- E - Internet technology is not readily available in some countries, so the conclusions about the development and effects of virtual communication on romantic relationships cannot be applied to them.
- P - An issue with studying virtual relationship in social media is that it is affected by changes in a fast-paced society.
- STRENGTH
- P - Research supporting increased self-disclosure in virtual relationships was conducted by Joinson (2001)
- E - Partitipants were paird and ask to discuss an abstract dilemma either face-to-face or using a computer chat programme.
- E - They found participants in the computer condition showed significantly more self-disclosure than the face-to-face participants.
- L - People disclose more about themselves when communicating via computer than they do face to face. Supporting the Hyperpersonal model of self-disclosure.
- E - They found participants in the computer condition showed significantly more self-disclosure than the face-to-face participants.
- E - Partitipants were paird and ask to discuss an abstract dilemma either face-to-face or using a computer chat programme.
- P - Virtual communication can also be used by established couples to increase feelings of closeness.
- E - Lenhart and Duggan (2014) studied Americans in long-term relationships and found that 25% of participants had texted their partners when they were, in fact, at home together at the time.
- E -Furthermore, 21% of those surveyed about their mobile phone use said that it had helped them to feel closer to their partner, especially in instances where they had a disagreement to resolve.
- L - This means that relationships in real life can be affected positively by virtual Communications between the two partners.
- E -Furthermore, 21% of those surveyed about their mobile phone use said that it had helped them to feel closer to their partner, especially in instances where they had a disagreement to resolve.
- E - Lenhart and Duggan (2014) studied Americans in long-term relationships and found that 25% of participants had texted their partners when they were, in fact, at home together at the time.
- P - Research supporting increased self-disclosure in virtual relationships was conducted by Joinson (2001)
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