Social Networking Sites

COMM 620: Computer Mediated Communication Fall 2010

Wednesdays, 1-3:50pm, Room 223 ASC or office (301D)

Instructor: Margaret McLaughlin

213-740-3938 Office Hour: 1:00 pm Mondays or by appointment 301-D Annenberg School

http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~mmclaugh/CMC

Textbooks:

Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.) (2008). Mediated interpersonal communication. New York: Routledge.

Ling,R., & Campbell, S. (Eds.) (2010). The reconstruction of space and time: Mobile communication practices. Transaction Publishers.

Class Requirements:

Complete and present a data-based term paper on some aspect of computer-mediated communication

Lead discussion and prepare abstracts for two of the weekly topics

Term Paper Timetable

Suggested due date for IRB application: October 20

Final paper due: December 8

Readings:

Wednesday August 25 / Introduction, Getting Organized
Wednesday September 1 / Overview
Wednesday September 8 (start at 1:30) / Self-Presentation and Impression Formation in CMC
Wednesday September 15 / Social Networking 1
Wednesday September 22 / Social Networking 2
Wednesday September 29 / *Online Friendships
Wednesday October 6 / Online Dating
Wednesday October 13 / The Dark Side of CMC
Wednesday October 20 / *Online Support Groups
Wednesday October 27 / *Online Gaming
Wednesday November 3 / Mobile Phones 1
Wednesday November 10 / Communication with Avatars and Characters
Wednesday November 17 / *Mobile Phones 2
Wednesday November 24 / *Mobile Phones 3
Wednesday December 1 / Issues for Virtual Teams

Wednesday August 25: Introduction

August 27: Chapter 1, Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Wednesday September 1: Overview

Chapters 2, 3, 4 in Mediated Interpersonal Communication

Wednesday September 8: Self-Presentation and Impression Formation

Utz, S. (2010). Show me your friends and I will tell you what type of person you are: How one's profile, number of friends, and type of friends influence impression formation on social Network sites. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 15 (1), 314-335.

Whitty, M. T. (2008). Revealing the `real' me, searching for the `actual' you: Presentations of self on an internet dating site, Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 1707-1723.

Kalyanaraman, S., & Sundar, S. S. (2008). Impression formation effects in online mediated communication. In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.) (2008). Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C., & Egloff,, B. (2008). How extraverted is ? Inferring personality from e-mail addresses. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 1116-1122.

Tong, S. T., Van Der Heide, B., Langwell, L, & Walther, J. (2008). Too much of a good thing? The relationship between number of friends and interpersonal impressions on Facebook. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.,13, 531-549.

Liu, H. (2007). Social network profiles as taste performances. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 13.

Zhao, S., Grasmuck, S., & Martin, J. (2008). Identity construction on Facebook: Digital empowerment in anchored relationships. Computers in Human Behavior, 1816-1836

Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Kim, S., Westerman, D., Tong, S.T. (2008). The role of friends' appearance and behavior on evaluations of individuals on Facebook: Are we known by the company we keep? Human Communication Research. 34, 28-49

Wednesday September 15: Social Networking 1

Nosko, A., Wood, E., & Molema, S. (2010). All about me: Disclosure in online social networking profiles: The case of FACEBOOK. Computers in Human Behavior, 26(3),

Wilson, K., Fornasier, S., & White, K. M. (2010). Psychological predictors of young adults' use of social networking sites. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 13(2), 173-177.

Cheung, C. M. K., & Lee, M. K. O. (2010). A theoretical model of intentional social action in online social networks. Decision Support Systems, 49(1), 24-30.

boyd, d. m., & Ellison, N. B. (2007). Social network sites: Definition, history, and

Ellison, N., Steinfield, C., & Lampe, C. (2006). Spatially bounded online social networks and social cpital: The role of facebook. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Dresden, June 19-23.

http://msu.edu/%7enellison/Facebook_ICA_2006.pdf

Shin, D., & Kim, W. (2008). Applying the technology acceptance model and flow theory to Cyworld user behavior: Implication of the Web2.0 user acceptance. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11,378-382.

Wednesday September 22: Social Networking 2

Papacharissi, Z. (2009). The virtual geographies of social networks: A comparative analysis of facebook, linkedin and ASmallWorld. New Media & Society, 11(1-2), 199-220.

Valenzuela, S., Park, N., & Kee, K. (2009). Is there social capital in a social network site?: Facebook use and college students' life satisfaction, trust, and participation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(4), 875-901.

Greenhow, C., & Robelia, B. (2009). Old communication, new literacies: Social network sites as social learning resources. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(4), 1130-1161.

Donath, J. (2007). Signals in social supernets. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 12.

Lange, P. G. (2007). Publicly private and privately public: Social networking on YouTube. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 18.

Wednesday, September 29: Online Friendships

Ledbetter, A. M. (2009). Patterns of media use and multiplexity: Associations with sex, geographic distance and friendship interdependence. New Media & Society, 11(7), 1187-1208.

Verger, M., & Pelzer, B. (2009). Consequences of media and Internet use for offline and online network capital and well-being: A causal model approach. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15(1), 189-210.

Eagle, N., Pentland, A. (., & Lazer, D. (2009). Inferring friendship network structure by using mobile phone data. PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(36), 15274-15278.

Ando, R., & Sakamoto, A. (2008). The effect of cyber-friends on loneliness and social anxiety: Differences between high and low self-evaluated physical attractiveness groups. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 993-1009.

Chan, D. K., & Cheng, G. (2004). A comparison of offline and online friendship qualities at different stages of relationship development. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 21, 305-320.

Bryant, J. A., Sanders-Jackson, A., & Smallwood, A. M. K. (2006). IMing, text messaging, and adolescent social networks. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(2), article 10.

Stefanone, M. A., & Jang, C.-Y. (2007). Writing for friends and family: The interpersonal nature of blogs. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 7.

Mesch, G., & Talmud, I. (2007). Similarity and the quality of online and offline social relationships among adolescents in Israel. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17 (2), 455-466.

Bregman, A., & Haythornthwaite, C. (2003). Radicals of presentation: Visibility, relation, and co-presence in persistent conversation. New Media & Society, 5(1), 117-140.

Henderson, S., & Gilding, M. (2004). ‘I’ve never clicked this much with anyone in my life’: Trust and hyperpersonal communication in online friendships. New Media & Society, 6(4), 487-506.

Wednesday, October 6: Online Dating

Stephure, R. J., Boon, S.D., Mackinnon, S. L., Deveau, V. L. (2009).

Internet Initiated Relationships: Associations Between Age and Involvement in Online Dating. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14(3), 658-681.

Whitty, M. (2008). The joys of online dating. In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.

Ellison, N., Heino, R., & Gibbs,, J. (2006). Managing impressions online: Self-presentation processes in the online dating environment. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 11, 2.

Rosen, L. D., Cheever, N. A., Cummings, C., & Felt, J. (2008).The impact of emotionality and self-disclosure on online dating versus traditional dating. Computers in Human Behavior., 24(5), 2124-2157

Valkenburg, P. M., & Jochen, P. (2007). Who visits online dating sites? Exploring some characteristics of online daters. CyberPsychology & Behavior., 10(6), 849-852

Stevens, S. B., & Morris, T. L. (College dating and social anxiety: Using the Internet as a means of connecting to others. CyberPsychology & Behavior. Vol 10(5), 680-688

Arvidsson, A. (2006). 'Quality singles': Internet dating and the work of fantasy.
New Media & Society, Vol 8(4), 671-690

Wednesday, October 13: The Dark Side of CMC

Erdur-Baker, Ö. (2010). Cyberbullying and its correlation to traditional bullying, gender and frequent and risky usage of internet-mediated communication tools. New Media & Society, 12(1), 109-125.

Douglas, K. M. (2008). Antisocial communication on electronic mail and the Internet In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.

Slonje, R., & Smith, P. K. (2008). Cyberbullying: Another main type of bullying?. Scandanavian Journal of Psychology, 49, 147-154.

Oegema, D., Kleinnijenhus, J., Anderson, Koos, & van Hoof, A. (2008). Flaming and blaming: The influence of mass media content on interactions in online discussions. In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.

Turnage, A. K. (2007). Email flaming behaviors and organizational conflict
Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Volume 13 (1).

Wolak, J., Finkelhor, D., * Mitchell, K. (2008). Is talking online to unknown people always risky? Distinguishing online interaction styles in a national sample of youth internet users. CyberPsychology & Behavior. Vol 11(3), 340-343.

Vasalou, A., Hopfensitz, A., & Pitt, J. V. (2008). In praise of forgiveness: Ways for repairing trust breakdowns in one-off online interactions. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 66(6), 466-480.

Wednesday, October 20: Online support groups

Owen, J.E., Boxley, L., Goldstein, M., Lee, J., Breen, N., & Rowland, J. (2010). Use of health-related online support groups: Population data from the California

Health Interview Survey Complementary and Alternative Medicine Study. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15(3), 427-446.

Tanis, M. (2008). What makes the internet a place to seek social support. In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.

Barak, A., Boniel-Nissim, M., & Suler, J. (2008). Fostering empowerment in online support groups, Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 5, 1867-1883.

Lin, C., & Anol. B. (2008). Learning online social support: An investigation of network information technology based on UTAUT CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11(3), 268-272.

Marziali, E. (2008). The design and evaluation of e-health intervention programs for older adults.E-Health International Journal. http://www.ehealthinternational.net/

Demiris, G. (2006). The diffusion of virtual communities in health care: Concepts and challenges. Patient Education and Counseling, 62, 178-188.

Kral, G. (2006). Online communities for mutual help: Fears, fiction and facts. In Murero, M., & Rice, R. E., The Internet and health care: Theory, research and practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Lapinski, M. K. (2006).StarvingforPerfect.com: A theoretically based content analysis of pro-eating disorder Web sites. Health Communication , 20, 243-253..

Barnett, G. A. & Hwang, J. (2006). The use of the Internet for health information and social support: A content analysis of online breast cancer discussion groups. In Murero, M., & Rice, R. E., The Internet and health care: Theory, research and practice.. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Wednesday, October 27: Online Gaming

Barnett, J., & Coulson, M. (2010). Virtually real: A psychological perspective on massively multiplayer online games. Review of General Psychology, 14(2), 167-179.

Bennerstedt, U., & Ivarsson, J. (2010). Knowing the way. managing epistemic topologies in virtual game worlds. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 19(2), 201-230.

Chen, C., Sun, C., & Hsieh, J. (2008). . Player guild dynamics and evolution in massively multiplayer online games. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11(3), 293-301.

Chior, W. (2008), Induced attitude change on online gaming among adolescents: An application of the less-leads-to-more effect. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11(2), 212-216.

Klimmt, C., & Hartmann, T. (2008). Mediated interpersonal communication in multiplayer video games. Implications for entertainment and relationship management. In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.

Weibel, D., Wissmath, B., Habegger, S., Steiner, Y, & Groner, R. (2008). Playing online games against computer- vs. human-controlled opponents: Effects on presence, flow, and enjoyment. Computers in Human Behavior. 24(5), 2274-2291.

Wang, C-C., & Wang, C-H. (2008). Helping others in online games: Prosocial behavior in cyberspace. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11(3), 344-346

Teng, C. (2008). Personality differences between online game players and nonplayers in a student sample. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 11(2), 232-234

Williams, D., Caplan, S., & Xiong, L. (2007). Can You Hear Me Now? The Impact of Voice in an Online Gaming Community. Human Communication Research, 33(4), 427-449.

Wednesday, November 3: Mobile Phones, 1,

Jin, B., & Peña, J. F. (2010). Mobile communication in romantic relationships: Mobile phone use, relational uncertainty, love, commitment, and attachment styles. Communication Reports, 23(1), 39-51.

Wang, H., & Wang, S. (2010). User acceptance of mobile internet based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology: Investigating the determinants and gender differences. Social Behavior and Personality, 38(3), 415-426.

Reid, F. J. M., & Reid, D. J. (2010). The expressive and conversational affordances of mobile messaging. Behaviour & Information Technology, 29(1), 3-22.

Bittman, M., Brown, J. E., & Wajcman, J. (2009). The mobile phone, perpetual contact and time pressure. Work, Employment and Society, 23(4), 673-691.

Arminen, I., & Weilenmann, A. (2009). Mobile presence and intimacy—Reshaping social actions in mobile contextual configuration. Journal of Pragmatics, 41(10), 1905-1923.

Timotijevic, L., Barnett, J., Shepherd, R., & Senior, V. (2009). Factors influencing self-report of mobile phone use: The role of response prompt, time reference and mobile phone use in recall. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 23(5), 664-683.

Wednesday, November 10: Communication with Avatars and Characters

Lim, S., & Reeves, B. (2010). Computer agents versus avatars: Responses to interactive game characters controlled by a computer or other player. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 68(1-2), 57-68.

Hartmann, T. (2008) Parasocial interactions and paracommunication with new media characters. In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.

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Jung, Y. & McLaughlin, M. L. (2008, May). Role enactment based on gender stereotypes in interactive media: Effects of role play on the management of self-concept and physical distance in virtual reality environments. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.

Bente, G., Mramer, N. C., & Eschenburg, F. (2008). Is there anybody out there? Analyzing the effects of embodiment and nonverbal behavior in avatar-mediated communication. In Konijn, E. A., Utz, S., Tanis, M., & Barnes, S. B. (Eds.), Mediated Interpersonal Communication. New York: Routledge.