This article argues that consideration of the strength of ties between communicators can
help reconcile disparate results on the impact of new media on social relations. It is argued …

This article examines how interaction by means of computer-mediated communication
(CMC) affects the operation of both status differentials and power relations. The authors …

The concept of affordances in communication technology research has proven to be
heuristically provocative, yet perceived affordances are rarely measured. After extracting …

The use of social media technologies—such as blogs, wikis, social networking sites, social
tagging, and microblogging—is proliferating at an incredible pace. One area of increasing …

The concept of affordances has been increasingly applied to the study of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) in organizational contexts. However, almost no research …

This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities
engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious …

The paper presents a model integrating theories from collaboration research (ie, social
presence theory, channel expansion theory, and the task closure model) with a recent theory …

Over the past two decades, organizational scholars have increasingly argued that
technology's affects on organizations are socially constructed. Constructivists who study …

This paper expands, refines, and explicates media synchronicity theory, originally proposed
in a conference proceeding in 1999 (Dennis and Valacich 1999). Media synchronicity theory …

From the Publisher: Learn the enabling technologies behind some of the most successful
online communities Although the Internet has grown considerably, people are still looking …