Bonus: What will teh future actually hole?

Communications 245 future is very interesting because of the technological advancements that are occurring. Technology will change theories we hold now about impression formation. I think that some of the theories will stay the same, while others will evolve into bigger and better ideas.

Communicating on the Internet used to be through CMC, but now has evolved into a combination of CMC and FTF. Computers now come with a built in camera, and we are capable of video chatting. This takes the wall down from CMC and transforms it into FTF. This is where our first theory comes in; Hyperpersonal Model will evolve into another theory because with a CMC interaction you can only learn so much. This then moves to a FTF by video chatting helping the attraction over the Internet to occur. I am not sure if this will help or hurt the “supposedly” increased intensity in attraction. Being online people can portray them in the best way possible and selectively present certain cues about one self. By adding the video chat will this cause “gender switches” or digital deceptions to occur a lot less and help interactions online to become more of a comfortable interaction?

Our dependence with the internet/computers will lead to increased problems with Internet deception. This deception will lead to many problems because no one will really know who is who unless they video chat online. We can still use Social Information Processing Theory since we can still adapt cues into the verbal channel even with the new changes.

Even though it is a big issue now, Problematic Internet Usage will become even bigger of an issue in the future. With the computers advancement, everything is at the tips of our fingers. We soon can watch TV from our computer and have no need for actual televisions in our rooms. Attractions might become more intense leading to more problems due to internet dating taking off. Will Youtube or Facebook evolve into a bigger time consuming monster then it already is now?

What will happen in the future is unpredictable and will be very interesting to follow. This means that this course’s future will be on a rise because the internet seems to be getting richer and richer as the years progress.