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What is Face-to-Face Communication

Chapter 33
Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
A misnomer that is often used to mean communication that takes place in the physical presence of another person, whether or not the interlocutors actually interact while facing each other in an intimate, attentive setting as the term connotes. Face-to-face is typically contrasted to CMC to prove an a priori assumption that in person communication offers a richer technical and social channel and is more authentic than CMC although the particulars of the social context are not necessarily considered.
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Terminological Obfuscation in Online Research
Patricia G. Lange (University of Southern California, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-863-5.ch033
Abstract
Many concepts—such as “computer mediated versus face-to-face interaction,” “virtual versus real,” “flaming,” and “anonymity”—that scholars have used for decades have led to theoretical misunderstandings about online and offline communication. This chapter discusses theoretical problems that standard terms introduce. The goal is not simply to urge more precision by defining terms, but rather to show how concepts and their orienting frameworks complicate scholars’ ability to observe and analyze certain data. Use of ill-defined terms may obscure data that lies outside of an orienting term’s worldview. The chapter analyzes concerns with these terms and concludes with suggestions on how to resist unreflective use of terms that complicates open-ended empirical investigation of communicative phenomena.
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Chapter 634
Viewing Text-Based Group Support Systems
Real-time communication between two or more individuals in physical proximity to each other.
Published in Chapter: Viewing Text-Based Group Support Systems; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 33
Terminological Obfuscation in Online Research
A misnomer that is often used to mean communication that takes place in the physical presence of another person, whether or not the interlocutors actually interact while facing each other in an intimate, attentive setting as the term connotes. Face-to-face is typically contrasted to CMC to prove an a priori assumption that in person communication offers a richer technical and social channel and is more authentic than CMC although the particulars of the social context are not necessarily considered.
Published in Chapter: Terminological Obfuscation in Online Research; From: Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication
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