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Understudied relationships electronic friendships (e.g. relationships formed on the Internet).
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'Understudied' relationships' 'electronic' friendships (e.g. relationships formed on the Internet). INTRODUCTION This is clearly a fascinating new area of research for social psychologists where study can be carried out through participant observation and on-line questionnaires. The concept of "electronic friendships" refers to all interpersonal contacts through the medium of the internet. The three main sources are email, usenets and chat rooms. EMAIL Email, or electronic mail, is a way of writing a message an, instead of posting it, you send via the internet to another person's postbox, where it awaits collection by the recipient. This means one can collect an email anywhere one has access to a computer. How does amail differ from other forms of communication? Prior to the age of electronic methods, communication was either: * Face to face (corporeal) * Phone to phone (voice only) * Written word ("snail mail") When we speak with someone face to face there are a host of channels through...
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