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dc.contributor.authorBaym, Nancy K.
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yan Bing
dc.contributor.authorLin, Mei-Chen
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-21T14:30:32Z
dc.date.available2010-10-21T14:30:32Z
dc.date.issued2004-06
dc.identifier.citationBaym, N., Zhang, Y. B., & Lin, M.-C. (2004). Social interactions across media: Interpersonal communication on the Internet, telephone and face-to-face. New Media & Society, 6, 41-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444804041438
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/6826
dc.descriptionAuthor final draft doi:10.1177/1461444804041438
dc.description.abstractTwo studies were conducted in this investigation to compare college students’ interpersonal interaction online, face-to-face, and on the telephone. Our first study, a communication diary, assessed the relative amount of social interactions college students conducted via the internet in comparison to face-to-face conversations and telephone calls. Results indicated that the internet was used nearly as often as the telephone, however, face-to-face communication was far more frequent. The second study, a survey, compared participants’ reported use of the internet within their local and long distance social circles to the use of other media within those circles, and examined participants’ most recent significant social interactions conducted online, face-to-face, and on the telephone in terms of purposes, contexts, and quality. Results indicated that online interaction was perceived as high in quality, but slightly lower than telephone calls and face-to-face conversations. In addition, participants’ estimated use of the internet was positively correlated with the use of other modes of interpersonal communication. Together, results showed that the internet was integrated into social life, but face-to-face remained the dominant mode of interpersonal communication.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.subjectInternet
dc.subjectSocial Interaction
dc.subjectMedia
dc.subjectFace-to-face
dc.subjectTelephone
dc.subjectInterpersonal Communication
dc.titleSocial interactions across media: Interpersonal communication on the Internet, telephone and face-to-face
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorBaym, Nancy K.
kusw.kuauthorZhang, Yan Bing
kusw.kudepartmentCommunication Studies
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1461444804041438
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.
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