Week 16 Question 1

1). How does CMC differ from f2f communication? (Think outside the box).


At this age and time, most people communicate by computer more than face to face. In a group communication, for the people who fear the f2f, they might find CMC communication much easier. I think this is because CMC allows us to communicate with one another without placing specific labels on the people we are communicating with such as race and age; thus creating a “great equality’ between group members. The other way CMC differs from f2f is that most of the time in CMC there is no emotional connection where as in f2f there will be some emotional connection. Since they are more tasks oriented than f2f, when time is limited, “CMC groups perform better than f2f groups on tasks that are less involving. On the other hand, if the task requires social interaction the CMC groups perform worse than f2f. In conclusion, I have had a chance to work with the group in both CMC and f2f and both have advantages and disadvantages.