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Is Technology Killing Human Emotion?: How Computer-Mediated Communication Compares to Face-to-Face Interactions

  • A. Eddy

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Abstract

Technology is a vital part of day-to-day life for people all around the globe, but the effects of taking our communication online remain unclear, especially in terms of interpersonal communication. Human interaction and social connectedness are key to our happiness, and technology has the power to influence our well-being. This research explores how 10 aspects of interpersonal communication differ in virtual and face-to-face environments. An online questionnaire was created where participants assessed their interpersonal communication in virtual and real-life environments. Our findings show that face-to-face communication is able to convey five out of ten dimensions of interpersonal communication competence significantly better than virtual communication because important implicit information and nonverbal cues are transferred, whereas in a virtual environment they are either not sent or not received. © 2019 Association for Computing Machinery.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMuC '19: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2019
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages527-530
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-4503-7198-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event2019 Mensch und Computer, MuC 2019 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 8 Sept 201911 Sept 2019
https://muc2019.mensch-und-computer.de/

Conference

Conference2019 Mensch und Computer, MuC 2019
Abbreviated titleMuC 2019
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period8/09/1911/09/19
Internet address

Keywords

  • Computer-mediated communication
  • Empathy
  • Interpersonal communication
  • Positive technology
  • Self-disclosure
  • Computer programming
  • Computer mediated communication
  • Face-to-face communications
  • Implicit informations
  • Inter-personal communications
  • Online questionnaire
  • Virtual communication
  • Computer applications

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