Information-Seeking Strategies, Uncertainty, and Computer-Mediated Communication toward a Conceptual Model

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Self-Generated Versus Other-Generated Statements and Impressions in Computer-Mediated Communication (2009, background): “For instance, Ramirez, Walther, Burgoon, and Sunnafrank (2002) argued that whereas interpersonal information-seeking formerly relied on users’ volitional disclosures and conversational behaviors, an expanded Internet allows users to exploit a variety of stored information about others in whom they…”
First Comes Love, Then Comes Google: An Investigation of Uncertainty Reduction Strategies and Self-Disclosure in Online Dating (2011, background): “First, we found that several communicator-related factors (Ramirez et al., 2002) predicted uncertainty reduction activity among online dating participants, including individual privacy concerns and self-efficacy.”
Managing Impressions Online: Self-Presentation Processes in the Online Dating Environment (2006, background): “For instance, individuals might use search engines to locate newsgroup postings by the person under scrutiny, knowing that this searching is covert and that the newsgroup postings most likely were authored without the realization that they would be archived (Ramirez et al., 2002).”
When what you type isn’t what they read: The perseverance of stereotypes and expectancies over e-mail (2005, background): “As a result, impressions can be difficult to convey in electronic forms of communication (Ramirez et al., 2002; Walther, Anderson, & Park, 1994).”