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Varying Definitions of Online Communication andTheir Effects on Relationship Research

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Elizabeth L. Angeli
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State University

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Elizabeth L. Angeli, Department of Psychology, State University.
ElizabethAngeli is now at Department of English, Purdue University.
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VARYING DEFINITIONS OF ONLINE COMMUNICATION

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This paper explores four published articles that report on results from research conducted
on online (Internet) and offline (non-Internet) relationships and their relationship to
computer-mediated communication (CMC). The articles, however, vary in their
definitions and uses of CMC. Butler and Kraut (2002) suggest that face-to-face (FtF)interactions are more effective than CMC, defined and used as “email,” in creating
feelings of closeness or intimacy. Other articles define CMC differently and, therefore,
offer different results. This paper examines Cummings, Butler, and Kraut’s (2002)
research in relation to three other research articles to suggest that all forms of CMC
should be studied in order to fully understand how CMCinfluences online and offline
relationships.
Keywords: computer-mediated communication, face-to-face communication

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