Virtual relationships

Question 1

Who proposed the hyper-personal model

Answer 1

Walther

Question 2

what does the hyper-personal model suggest

Answer 2

suggest that self-disclosure happens earlier

Question 3

Who came up with the reduced cue theory

Answer 3

Sproull and Kiesler

Question 4

What does the reduced cue theory suggest

Answer 4

suggested that online relationships might be less open and honest than face-to-face ones, because in real life we are relying on a lot of subtle cues, such as facial expressions and tone of voice, and these cues are absent in virtual communications

Question 5

Beta Bias

Answer 5

There are also important gender differences in virtual relationships. McKenna et al. (2002) found that women tended to rate their relationships formed online as more intimate, and valued self-disclosure, especially in regards to emotion, more highly than men.

Question 6

Cultural differences