Computer-Mediated Communication Effects on Disclosure, Impressions, and Interpersonal Evaluations: Getting to Know One Another a Bit at a Time

By L. Tidwell, Joseph B. Walther. 2002

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Subfields: Communication, Social Psychology, Human-Computer Interaction

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Communication and Social Identity Theory: Existing and Potential Connections in Organizational Identification Research (2007, background): “Walther’s extensive work on hyperpersonal communication (e.g., Tidwell & Walther, 2002; Walther, 1996) also questions SIDE explanations (though it too is largely experimental in nature and not focused on identification directly).”
Facebook and political engagement: A study of online political group membership and offline political engagement (2012, background): “…online correspondence, but later work has begun to identify areas in which the two forms are similar and even complementary (Krueger, 2002; Norris & Jones, 1998; Shah, Kwak et al., 2001; Shah, McLeod, & Yoon, 2001; Tidwell & Walthers, 2002; Wellman, Haase, Witte, & Hampton, 2001; Williams, 2007).”
Intercultural Questioning, Discovery and Tension in Internet-mediated Language Learning Partnerships (2005, background): “One limitation of Tidwell and Walther (2002), however, may be the fact that they investigated uncertainty reduction between individuals from the same culture who speak the same L1.”
Perceived 'usefulness' of online consumer reviews: An exploratory investigation across three services categories (2012, background): “It is especially important in an online environment wherein information seekers are trying to reduce uncertainty that arises from the lack of social cues (Tidwell and Walther 2002).”
The Benefits of Facebook "Friends: " Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites (2007, background): “Bridging social capital might be augmented by such sites, which support loose social ties, allowing users to create and maintain larger, diffuse networks of relationships from which they could potentially draw resources (Donath & boyd, 2004; Resnick, 2001; Wellman et al., 2001).”
The Facebook Paths to Happiness: Effects of the Number of Facebook Friends and Self-Presentation on Subjective Well-Being (2011, neutral): “The literature on impression management in CMC (e.g., Tidwell and Walther 20 and Kimmerle and Cress 21 ) and on self-presentation in online dating 22 points to two types of self-presentation strategies relevant to Facebook: positive versus honest self-presentation. p1830) On the other hand, as resea”
Online Communication and Adolescent Well-Being: Testing the Stimulation Versus the Displacement Hypothesis (2007, neutral): “…characteristics of online communication may encourage intimate self-disclosure (e.g., Joinson, 2001; Leung, 2002; McKenna, Green, & Gleason, 2002; Tidwell & Walther, 2002; Valkenburg & 1178Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12 (2007) 1169–1182 ª 2007 International Communication…”
Precursors and Underlying Processes of Adolescents' Online Self-Disclosure: Developing and Testing an “Internet-Attribute-Perception” Model (2006, background): “…et al., 2004; Leung, 2002; Schiano et al., 2002; Valkenburg & Peter, 2007) and experimental studies on the effects of computer-mediated communication (CMC; Bargh, McKenna, & Fitzsimons, 2002; Joinson, 2001; Tidwell & Walther, 2002) have repeatedly demonstrated that CMC stimulates self-disclosure.”
Word of mouth communication within online communities: Conceptualizing the online social network (2007, background): “…Information Processing model has found positive, socially rich, relational behavior in online communities and the development of both friendly and romantic relationships (Walther, 1992, 1996; Tidwell & Walther, 2002; Kraut, Patterson, Lundmark, Kiesler, Mukopadhyay, & Scherlis, 1998; Utz, 2000).”
Managing virtual teams: A review of current empirical research (2005, background): “Thus, computer-mediated teamwork might be particularly appropriate for tasks in which affective interaction play a minor or even negative role so that team members can better concentrate their energy on the task (see also Montoya-Weiss et al., 2001; Tidwell & Walther, 2002; Walther, 1995).”
Social Consequences of the Internet for Adolescents (2009, background): “A series of studies have shown that CMC and online communication result in more and/or more intimate 2 Volume 18—Number 1 self-disclosures (e.g., Tidwell & Walther, 2002; Valkenburg & Peter, in press).”
Virtual Teams: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here? (2004, background): “Tidwell and Walther (2002) found that members of CMC dyads were more likely to ask "deeper," more direct and intimate questions of their teammates and have higher levels of self-disclosure than members of face-to-face dyads, who asked more peripheral questions.”
Managing Citizens' Uncertainty in E-Government Services: The Mediating and Moderating Roles of Transparency and Trust (2016, background): “The generalizability of URT in explaining communication behaviors has been demonstrated by studies conducted in different contexts of communication, including face-to-face and computer-mediated interactions (e.g., Antheunis et al. 2010, Kramer 1994, Tidwell and Walther 2002).”
Are You Following Me? A Content Analysis of TV Networks’ Brand Communication on Twitter (2011, result): “From a relational perspective, these findings replicate prior CMC research (e.g., Tidwell and Walther 2002; Walther et al. 2009) and theoretically confirm that networks and followers visibly exchange social resources in the context of SNS. Twitter has been employed as a public relations force to…”