For this topic I read, the 1984 research study titled, “Social Psychological Aspects of Computer-Mediated Communication”. I was surprised by this article because most of their hypothesis and predictions for the future seem to have[…]

The article “Social Psychological Aspects of Computer-Mediated Communication” by Kiesler et al. identifies issues in CMC, discusses methodology for investigating certain psychological effects of technology and speculates how CMC might affect how individuals communicate and[…]

In Burke’s research paper titled, “The Relationship Between Facebook Use and Well-Being Depends on Communication Type and Tie Strength,” he dissected the possible effects that social networking sites (SNSs) have on the psychological well-being of[…]

The article “Staying connected while physically apart: Digital communication when face-to-face interactions are limited” draws on a survey done to understand the effects of COVID-19 on digital communication and social connectedness. The research attempted to[…]

“Will we stop speaking and just text?” by James Harbeck goes into the ways speaking has transformed in the last decade and how informal slang is becoming more prominent in daily speech use. Harbeck specifies[…]

Under the epidemic situation, people’s communication and interaction are becoming more and more diversified. An interesting point expounded in this paper is that the decrease of higher social media presence is related to people’s cognitive[…]

Burke and Kraut in “The Relationship Between Facebook Use and Well-Being Depends on Communication Type and Tie Strength” show that people derive benefits from online communication, as long as it comes from people they care[…]

The study, “The Causes and Consequences of COVID-19 Misperceptions: Understanding the Role of News and Social Media,” begins by presenting the clear link between the circulation of information and public health: “The COVID-19 outbreak has[…]

According to Aengus Bridgeman in COVID-19 Misperceptions and the Role of News and Social Media, there is an “infodemic” within social media platforms that is potentially magnifying the scale and lethality of COVID-19. COVID-19 pandemic[…]

In The Relationship Between Facebook Use and Well-Being Depends on Communication Type and Tie Strength, Burke and Kraut conduct an experiment to see the relationship of types of online communication, (direct, broadcasted, minimal) with the[…]

In “Social Psychological Effects of Communication Aspects of Computer Mediated Communication,” Sara Kiesler, Jane Siegel and Timothy W. McGuire argue that researching social psychology can help people better understand both computer-mediated communication (CMC) and general[…]

The article shows how live internet text affects our vernacular language. It permeates speech because we adopt certain shortcut phrases into our everyday language, such as “OMG,” instead of “oh my gosh”; however, Harbeck argues[…]

In James Harbeck’s 2018 article titled “Will we stop speaking and just text?”, Harbeck argues that the trajectory of online conversation is dismantling spoken English as we know it today. In the past, written language[…]

Gurcan’s study “Mapping human–computer interaction research themes and trends of past 60 years.” looks at trends in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) studies that have been conducted over the past 60 years. These HCI studies were[…]

In Being Human, Richard Harper, Tom Rodde, Yvonne Rogers and Abigail Sellen discuss the past, present and possible futures of Human-Computer Interaction, concluding with a list of recommendations to ensure that humans reep the benefits[…]

Harper’s “Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the Year 2020” looks at HCI and how technology is evolving and affecting our human, cultural, and social values. I believe this article was written in 2007, so now[…]

“Human- computer interaction: Psychology as a science of Design” by John M. Carroll goes through “reviewing the progression of HCI toward a science of design” (62). Individuals connecting with HCI did not seriously begin until[…]

The first chapter of Dix’s book, “Human Computer Interaction: Third Edition” focuses on the human aspect of interactivity in relation to communication technology. The term human computer interaction, is a newer term that the authors[…]

Harper in “Transformations in Interaction” demonstrates how there are five major transformations in interaction that are dramatically affecting how we interact with computing technology. Harper ultimately argues that “‘being human’ in our relationship with technology[…]

The processes, limits and capabilities of computers and humans are related, compared and contrasted through Dix’s exploration of cognitive psychology and technology in Human-Computer Interaction. The text states, “In order to design something for someone,[…]

Huang’s 2021 “Do women and extroverts perceive interactivity differently than men and introverts?” study examines the three-way interaction between interactivity, extraversion, and gender. At the root of this interaction are HCI (human-computer interaction) and CMC[…]

This paper discusses the changes and future trends of human-computer interaction technology in the past 60 years. Generally speaking, the development history is from man adapting to computer to computer constantly adapting to man. The[…]

In Gurcan’s Mapping Human-Computer Research Themes and Trends from it’s Existence to Today, they address the ever growing field of HCI, and how they were able to organize 60+ years of research and find the[…]

The article’s research demonstrates how gender and extraversion affect how interactivity is perceived due to differentiating psychological perspectives when engaging with media. Overall, Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) was recognized by individuals as more interactive than Human-Computer[…]