Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 3:00 PM
Project Type
Poster
Description
Our study examined self-monitoring consistency and mean-levels of self-monitoring across four different contexts: Social networking sites (SNS), email, texting-like communication, and face-to-face. Participants completed a total of five self-monitoring scales, one for each context and a general scale with no context given. Before each context-related scale participants answered general demographics questions about their experience in each context to help orient themselves within the context. We expect that self-monitoring will show a significant general level of consistency across all online contexts observed and face-to-face contexts. We also predict that less formal or more expressive forms of Internet communication like SNS and texting will elicit higher levels of self-monitoring compared to more formal forms of online communication like email due to the availability of expressive social cues.
Faculty Sponsor
Christopher Soto
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Psychology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
255
Self-Monitoring Across Real World and Digital Contexts
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Our study examined self-monitoring consistency and mean-levels of self-monitoring across four different contexts: Social networking sites (SNS), email, texting-like communication, and face-to-face. Participants completed a total of five self-monitoring scales, one for each context and a general scale with no context given. Before each context-related scale participants answered general demographics questions about their experience in each context to help orient themselves within the context. We expect that self-monitoring will show a significant general level of consistency across all online contexts observed and face-to-face contexts. We also predict that less formal or more expressive forms of Internet communication like SNS and texting will elicit higher levels of self-monitoring compared to more formal forms of online communication like email due to the availability of expressive social cues.
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/113