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Original Teaching Ideas

Using You've Got Mail to Teach Social Information Processing Theory and Hyperpersonal Perspective in Online Interactions

Pages 183-188 | Received 18 Aug 2010, Accepted 22 Nov 2010, Published online: 04 Oct 2011
 

Abstract

Courses: Communication Theory; Interpersonal Communication; Computer-Mediated Communication

Objective: To illustrate the implications of social information processing and hyperpersonal perspective in CMC relationships

Time required: 1 hour

Materials needed: a DVD of You've Got Mail. scene 2 “Morning log-ons” and scene 21 “Still here” will be used

Acknowledgments

The author would like to thank Dr. Joe Walther for his time and firsthand insight into the workings of SIPT, and Drs. Sandy Pensoneau-Conway and Katheryn Maguire for help and encouragement on this manuscript.

Additional information

Notes on contributors

Daria S. Heinemann

Daria S. Heinemann is currently a PhD student in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University

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