Abstract
Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) is literally altering the norms of interpersonal interaction and creating a new system of messages by which people attempt to understand one another both verbally and nonverbally. It’s rare to look around and not see people texting, processing their email, or checking their Facebook status using smart phones, laptops, or iPads and in some of the most unusual places. Technology has changed the way we understand and handle our interpersonal relationships. Little research has been done to evaluate the impact that computermediated technology has had on the theoretical view of relational closeness. In social networking like Facebook, the user is constantly using social penetration theory by displaying self-disclosure. Annie McCarthy posits that: a Face book user can set their privacy settings to determine their levels of self-disclosure. This paper attempts to explore these perspectives in relationship development.
Highlights
Allyn and Bacon, quotes psychologist Carl Jung who once said, “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” An interaction can be face to face or technologically mediated.Richard Nordquist comments that interpersonal communication is the process by which people exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages: it is face-to-face communication
Social Penetration Theory states that as relationships develop, people move from relatively shallow levels of self-disclosure to more intimate disclosures [2]
The mobile banking and money transactions may intensify cybercrimes like electronic fraud through hacking Terrorism may rise camouflaged in social media
Summary
Allyn and Bacon, quotes psychologist Carl Jung who once said, “The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” An interaction can be face to face or technologically mediated. Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) is literally altering the norms of interpersonal interaction and creating a new system of messages by which people attempt to understand one another both verbally and nonverbally. The new technologies like alphabets, printing press, electronic media and digital communication have effect on man’s cognition and social organization which in turn affect the culture of any society. Argue that the diffusion of Internet, mobile communication and digital communication and a range of social software tools have prompted the development of interactive communication. These new online media and social networks have created new communication spaces where debate can be conducted. Technology fosters the idea of conglomerate yet unified global community
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