Interpersonal and hyperpersonal dimensions of computer-mediated communication

The Handbook of the Psychology of Communication Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-22

  Walther, Joseph B ^a   Van Der Heide, Brandon ^b   Ramirez, Artemio ^c   Burgoon, Judee K ^d   Peña, Jorge ^e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication (CMC); Hyperpersonal model; Interpersonal relations; Social information processing (SIP) theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957572309     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118426456.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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