Interpersonal Communication Analysis: Face-to-Face, Online, and CMC

This report examines the evolution of interpersonal communication, contrasting face-to-face interactions with online and computer-mediated communication (CMC) methods. It highlights how digital technologies have expanded communication platforms, eliminating geographical and time barriers. The study references sources that discuss the shift from traditional face-to-face interactions to online communication via social media, email, and other digital tools. While acknowledging the convenience of online communication, the report also touches upon the potential loss of genuine interaction found in face-to-face communication. The annotated bibliography and references provide a comprehensive overview of the topic, including the impact of social media and the dynamics of online communication.

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Introduction:
The purpose of this study is to throw lights on online communication, face to face
communication, computer-mediated communication
Attention Element:
Communication now-a-days is transcending the borders of countries, culture as well as religion.
A statement of the topic:
The purpose of this study is to delve deep into the computer mediated as well as online
communication and stating their advantages and disadvantages over face to face communication.
A statement of credibility:
Sources are taken from
1. Waite, L. J., Goldschneider, F. K., & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily living and the
erosion of traditional family orientations among young adults. American Sociological
Review, 51 (4), 541-554.
2. Adler, Ronald.B., Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, and Russell F. Proctor II. Interplay: The Process of
Interpersonal Communication. 14th edition. New York: Oxford, 2018.
It is true that due to the intervention of digital technologies, computer mediated as well as online
communication have emerged. This in turn has given interpersonal communication a greater as
well as broader platform. Interpersonal communication in prior to the intervention of digital
technology was dependant on face to face interaction, and the time when two parties intending to

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communicate with each other will be able to meet each other. Hence, face to face
communication were dependant on the availability of time for the two parties involved in
interpersonal communication. Again, the face-to -face interaction often gets hindered due to the
barriers like geographical distances. Computer mediated communication as well as online
communication has eliminated all the barriers to face to face or interpersonal communication, by
enabling people to interact over social media. But the charm of genuine interaction occurred
through face-to-face interaction has been lost.
Annotated Bibliography
Adler, Ronald.B., Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, and Russell F. Proctor II. Interplay: The
Process of Interpersonal Communication. 14th edition. New York: Oxford, 2018.
This source consider that, due to the advent of computer mediated communication as well as
online communication, for example-communication through social media, e-mail, closed group
communication like whats app group; the geographical cultural as well as technical barriers of
communication has been removed. In other words, Communication now-a-days is transcending
the borders of countries, culture as well as religion.
Waite, L. J., Goldschneider, F. K., & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily living and the
erosion of traditional family orientations among young adults. American Sociological
Review, 51 (4), 541-554. According to this source:

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Interpersonal communication in prior to the intervention of digital technology was dependant on
face to face interaction, and the time when two parties intending to communicate with each other
will be able to meet each other. Hence, face to face communication were dependant on the
availability of time for the two parties involved in interpersonal communication. Again, the face-
to -face interaction often gets hindered due to the barriers like geographical distances, but
computer mediated communication has abolished all the problems of interpersonal interaction.
Two people can easily communicate with each other within a few seconds through social media,
like, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, whats app, E-mail; even if they stay in two different corners
of this world.

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References
Waite, L. J., Goldschneider, F. K., & Witsberger, C. (1986). Nonfamily living and the erosion of
traditional family orientations among young adults. American Sociological Review, 51 (4), 541-
554. According to this source:
Adler, Ronald.B., Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, and Russell F. Proctor II. Interplay: The Process of
Interpersonal Communication. 14th edition. New York: Oxford, 2018.

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Madianou, M., & Miller, D. (2013). Polymedia: Towards a new theory of digital media in interpersonal
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Madianou, M., & Miller, D. (2013). Polymedia: Towards a new theory of digital media in interpersonal
communication. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 16(2), 169-187.