Internet Communication Case Study
Internet Communication Case Study
Communication is mediated on the Internet thru social networking, email, texting, and online dating. According to Wikipedia.org,”computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.”
While on vacation, I wanted to see how many of my behaviors of CMC I could identify, based on my readings and learning in COM 316.
Before I left for Florida, I texted the neighbor and told him we were leaving early
Saturday and would return Wednesday. I asked if he could keep an eye on our dogs. I used an emoticon smiley face in the text. I didn’t worry about a reply; he’s done it many times before.
On Saturday when I arrived at the Fort Myers airport, I “checked in” on Facebook and posted the message “flip flops baby!” On Saturday I posted a picture of my son wearing sunglasses, sitting in our rental, a beautiful Mustang convertible, with the top down. I posted the message “chilling in 80 degree weather”. Sunday morning, we went to a great church and I
“checked in” on Facebook and posted the message “loved this church!” On Monday, I posted a picture of the pool. On Tuesday, I took a picture of my son at the beach and posted the picture and the message “Blessed”. Later on, I posted a picture of my husband and son kayaking on the
Gulf. My message was “listening to the waves”. On Wednesday, I checked in at Haagen Dazs and posted “Fancy, fancy mall and we walk in wearing bathing suits… Looking for ice cream”.
My last post of vacation was later that day, I “checked in” at Ron Jon Surf Shop.
I received a reply text from my neighbor. He texted me that he “heard they sell salt water taffy in Florida.” Later he retracted by stating “his wife says there’s too much salt in taffy”.
Finally on Monday he texted “we have sleet and snow, come home soon.”
I text my neighbor when we go on vacation because there is a lesser chance he will say
“no” to caring for our dogs. Since the
Communication is mediated on the Internet thru social networking, email, texting, and online dating. According to Wikipedia.org,”computer-mediated communication (CMC) is defined as any communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.”
While on vacation, I wanted to see how many of my behaviors of CMC I could identify, based on my readings and learning in COM 316.
Before I left for Florida, I texted the neighbor and told him we were leaving early
Saturday and would return Wednesday. I asked if he could keep an eye on our dogs. I used an emoticon smiley face in the text. I didn’t worry about a reply; he’s done it many times before.
On Saturday when I arrived at the Fort Myers airport, I “checked in” on Facebook and posted the message “flip flops baby!” On Saturday I posted a picture of my son wearing sunglasses, sitting in our rental, a beautiful Mustang convertible, with the top down. I posted the message “chilling in 80 degree weather”. Sunday morning, we went to a great church and I
“checked in” on Facebook and posted the message “loved this church!” On Monday, I posted a picture of the pool. On Tuesday, I took a picture of my son at the beach and posted the picture and the message “Blessed”. Later on, I posted a picture of my husband and son kayaking on the
Gulf. My message was “listening to the waves”. On Wednesday, I checked in at Haagen Dazs and posted “Fancy, fancy mall and we walk in wearing bathing suits… Looking for ice cream”.
My last post of vacation was later that day, I “checked in” at Ron Jon Surf Shop.
I received a reply text from my neighbor. He texted me that he “heard they sell salt water taffy in Florida.” Later he retracted by stating “his wife says there’s too much salt in taffy”.
Finally on Monday he texted “we have sleet and snow, come home soon.”
I text my neighbor when we go on vacation because there is a lesser chance he will say
“no” to caring for our dogs. Since the
Cited: Article 9 (2010): 1-30. Print. Jibril, Tanimu Ahmed, and Mardziah Hayati Abdullah. "Relevance of Emoticons in ComputerMediated Communication Contexts: An Overview." Asian Social Science 9.4 (2013): 201-207 20.2 (2008): 67-75. Print.