ONLINE VERSUS FACE–TO–FACE: A SIP INSTEAD OF A GULP
1. SIP proposes that online communication conveys relational information just as
well as face-to-face communication, with only one difference. What is that
difference?
2. Recall a time when you felt particularly drawn to another person when com–
municating through social media. Why did you feel drawn to this person?
Does the presence (or absence) of verbal cues or extended time explain your
attraction?
3. The hyperpersonal perspective suggests that the effects of sender, receiver, channel,
and feedback promote greater intimacy. Which factor do you think has the
greatest relational impact? Which has the least?
4. Most research on the warranting principle focuses on Facebook. What low- and
high-warrant information is available on Twitter? Instagram? Snapchat?
LinkedIn? On which site is it easiest to craft a trustworthy persona, and why?
