1. Social/Personality Psychology in Cyberspace Joanie B. Connell Gerald A. Mendelsohn Richard W. Robins

2. How do people behave differently -- and the same -- across communication media? Research Question

3. Social Psychology “is the study of the effect of actual, implied, or imagined presence of others on behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.” --Allport

4. 3 Questions About Interpersonal Interactions 1.What are they doing? –behavioral ascription 2.Why are they doing it? –causal attribution 3.Do I like them? –interpersonal attraction

5. Research Projects Social behaviorsSocial behaviors –self-presentation –impression formation Individual differencesIndividual differences –personality –roles –gender

6. Research Methodology Series of systematic, controlled, experimental studiesSeries of systematic, controlled, experimental studies Comparison across mediaComparison across media Interactive situationsInteractive situations Perceptions of own and others’ behaviorsPerceptions of own and others’ behaviors

7. A Slice of Our Research Experiment: Naturalistic, laboratory, undergraduate participantsExperiment: Naturalistic, laboratory, undergraduate participants Situation: Get acquainted conversationsSituation: Get acquainted conversations Media: Face-to-face, telephone, CMCMedia: Face-to-face, telephone, CMC Behaviors: Nervousness, warmth, talkativenessBehaviors: Nervousness, warmth, talkativeness

8. Results: Nervousness How do you expect nervousness to differ for people communicating face-to-face, via telephone, or via computer chat?How do you expect nervousness to differ for people communicating face-to-face, via telephone, or via computer chat?

10. Results: Warmth How do you expect warmth to differ for people communicating face-to-face, via telephone, or via computer chat?How do you expect warmth to differ for people communicating face-to-face, via telephone, or via computer chat?

12. Results: Gender Differences in Warmth How do you expect warmth to differ for men and women communicating face- to-face, via telephone, or via computer chat?How do you expect warmth to differ for men and women communicating face- to-face, via telephone, or via computer chat?

14. Continuing Research Other measuresOther measures –partner ratings –observer ratings –linguistic content –physiology

15. Continuing Research Other phenomenaOther phenomena –causal attribution –interpersonal attraction –trust –self-awareness –norms

16. Continuing Research Other interactive situationsOther interactive situations –groups –classroom –business –on-going interactions

17. Continuing Research Other mediaOther media –asynchronous CMC (email) –video –PRoP