Do online communication attitudes mitigate the association between Facebook use and relational interdependence? An extension of media multiplexity theory

Ledbetter, Andrew M.; Mazer, Joseph P.

doi:10.1177/1461444813495159

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“…Online daters who contacted each other using a greater variety of channels prior to meeting F2F reported that their relationship was more intimate (Ramirez, Sumner, Fleuriet, & Cole, 2015). Other studies have reported positive associations between relational development and multiplex media use, as well as modest but significant differences in particular combination of media used depending on type of relationship and participants' attitudes toward the role of online communication in personal relationships (Ledbetter, 2014;Ledbetter & Mazer, 2014).…”

Section: Media Multiplexitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…People not only use the telephone to connect with others and obtain social support in times of crisis, but also reach out to others using the Internet (Dutta-Bergman, 2004b). In personal relationships more generally, the frequencies of instant messaging, e-mail, texting, Facebook posting, and telephone calls are positively related (e.g., Ledbetter, 2014;Ledbetter & Mazer, 2014;Ramirez & Broneck, 2009).…”

Section: Theoretic Precursors To the Study Of Mixed-media Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities of Mixed-Media Relationships

Parks

2017

Hum Commun Res

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Social relationships unfold face‐to‐face and across an increasingly diverse set of mobile, Internet‐based media. Research on these mixed‐media relationships (MMRs) offers a unifying focus for understanding of how media use reflects and drives social relationships. Impediments to research on mixed‐media interaction include an over‐reliance on research focused on a single medium, incomplete and conceptually problematic classifications of media, and limited theoretic approaches. An alternative approach to understand MMRs, grounded in the challenges of managing complex, recurring interpersonal demands, is proposed. These demands include social coordination, impression management, regulating closeness and distance, and managing arousal and anxiety. Implications of MMRs for mediatization and mass communication are briefly examined.

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Section: Media Multiplexitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Theoretic Precursors To the Study Of Mixed-media Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities of Mixed-Media Relationships

Parks

2017

Hum Commun Res

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“…Given the fact that almost every participant reported a close relationship with one or both of their parents, this finding suggests that contextual factors such as pace of life and intergenerational differences affect the association between relational tie strength and number of technologies used. In line with Ledbetter and Mazer's (2014) research on attitudes and media choice, the strength of the association is reduced by the limited number of media toward which both parties À here college students and their parents À have mutually strong positive attitudes. Furthermore, students' attitudes were significantly influenced by how well they felt the technology fit into their busy lives.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

“…Ledbetter and Mazer's (2014) extension of media multiplexity theory suggests that attitudes toward communication technologies influence choice of media in the absence of explicit group or institutional norms, and that strong tie relationships will "employ communication media about which they hold the mutually strongest positive attitudes" (p. 13). Ledbetter and Mazer also call for further research on contexts in which relational partners are likely to differ in their preferred mediums for communication.…”

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Should I Text or Should I Call?: How College Students Navigate Mediated Connections with Family

Platt¹,

Bourdeaux²,

DiTunnariello³

2014

Communication and Information Technologies Annual

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Purpose À This study investigated how college students' pace of life and perceptions of communication technologies shape the choices they make when engaging in mediated communication with their parents.Methodology À We conducted 21 interviews to explore how students' understandings of various communication technologies, the rules and patterns of technology use in their families, and the circumstances surrounding their use of technologies while at college influence the number and type of media they use to communicate with their parents.Findings À We found that perceived busyness and generational differences played a large role in limiting technologies used, with environmental Communication and Information Technologies Annual Doing and Being Digital: Mediated Childhoods factors, the purpose of communication, and complexity of message also contributing to technology choices.Originality À This study extends media multiplexity theory by investigating media choice and relational tie strength in an intergenerational context.Technology has fundamentally changed the way that young adults communicate with their family when they are away at college. While former generations were limited to letters or occasional phone calls, today's parents can check in with their children via phone call or text message, send them an email, write on their Facebook wall, or interact with them in real time via video chat. With American families describing themselves as busier than ever before (Darrah, Freeman, & English-Lueck, 2007;Schulte, 2014), the majority of college students working at least part-time while attending school (Kingkade, 2013), and an increasing emphasis on maximizing efficiency in daily life (Southerton, 2007), having a variety of communication options has become more important for staying in touch. This study takes up the question of how multiplying communication options and perceptions of increased busyness affect the nature and quality of mediated interactions between college students and their parents. Here mediated interactions are defined as any use of technology for transmission of content across time and space. Previous scholarship has established the importance of frequent, positive communication to the maintenance of parentÀchild relationships during the college years (Morr Serewicz, Dickson, Huynh Thi Anh Morrison, & Poole, 2007; Orrego & Rodriguez, 2001), the impact different technologies have on the process of communication (Baym, 2010), and the increasing use of technology to facilitate communication between college students and their family members (Levine & Dean, 2012). However, we know less about how families make decisions about their technology use, what role pace of life plays in these decisions, and the relational outcomes of these decisions. To address these questions, the current study explores mediated interactions between children and parents through interviews with current college students.Other scholars studying mediated interactions and interpersonal relationships have suggested differing answers...

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“…Analysis of the Internet influence on political activity of the Dutch is devoted work of Kruikemeier, Noort, Vliegenthart and Vreese (2014), (see. Also Tufekci andWilson 2012, Ledbetter andMazer 2014 andmany others). This classification is different from the classification shown in Bober, M. and Helsper, E. (2004), which, in particular, can be explained by the specificity of the Russian society.…”

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Political Communication on Facebook: Russian Сase

Pilgún¹,

Gradoselskaya²

2015

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Abstract[EN] Introduction. Features of political communication in Russian-speaking segment of the Facebook network are analyzed in the article. According to researchers unlike their counterparts in the U.S. and elsewhere, Russian bloggers prefer platforms that combine features typical of blogs with features of social network services like Facebook. So, varied presented data shows the difficult situation and the presence of opposing trends in the development of social networks in the modern Russian-speaking area. The data were collected into a complicated political period (violent events in Ukraine), which is considerably stimulated the activity of the Russian opposition and manipulative processes in the Russian social networks. Objectives. The objectives were: classification of actors in the political groups in the Russian-speaking segment of Facebook and analysis of their sociolinguistic behavior. Method. The interdisciplinary analysis based on scope of politically active groups (N 200) and actors (N 291) during January -May, 2014. Results. Actors were classified by politic opinions into mainstream, oppositional and nationalist Clusters and based on network activity into designers of communication space, manipulators, graphomaniacs and local cluster authors. Their communicative and speech behavior was also analyzed and shown shaped specific virtual identities, which demonstrate distinguished sociolinguistic behavior. Discussion and Conclusion. Today the analysis of communication processes in politically active communities in the network environment is of great importance as the virtual sphere becomes more and more significant for achieve of various political aims both in Russia and around the world. The prospect of an actual study is to identify the

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Do online communication attitudes mitigate the association between Facebook use and relational interdependence? An extension of media multiplexity theory

Cited by 44 publications

References 43 publications

Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities of Mixed-Media Relationships

Embracing the Challenges and Opportunities of Mixed-Media Relationships

Should I Text or Should I Call?: How College Students Navigate Mediated Connections with Family

Political Communication on Facebook: Russian Сase

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