Configurations of Relationships in Different Media: FtF, Email, Instant Messenger, Mobile Phone, and SMS
Configurations of Relationships in Different Media: FtF, Email, Instant Messenger, Mobile Phone, and SMS
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00369.x
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
影响因子：
7.2
通讯作者：
Rice, Ronald E.
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作者：
Kim, Hyo;Kim, Gwang Jae;Rice, Ronald E.
本研究通过面对面、电子邮件、即时通讯、移动的电话和短信息服务媒体分析了韩国的沟通关系的配置。通过网络调查，我们要求受访者确定（1）五种媒体中的每一种（2）最多五个他们最频繁的沟通伙伴，（3）伙伴的社会角色（包括同事，家人，朋友），以及（4）他们自己的就业类别。个人层面和网络层面的分析被用来比较在通信关系和配置的关系之间的社会角色的整体变化，在每个媒体，并为不同的就业类别，并确定跨媒体的关系配置。IM、SMS和移动的电话是学生的独特媒体，移动的电话是家庭工作者的独特媒体，电子邮件是组织工作者的独特媒体。此外，移动的电话往往用于加强强社会关系，基于文本的CMC媒体往往用于扩大与弱关系的关系。最后，面对面（FtF）似乎是一种普遍的媒介，在受访者的就业类别之间没有显着差异。
This study analyzes the configurations of communication relationships in Korea through face-to-face, email, instant messaging, mobile phone, and short message service media. Through a web survey, we asked respondents to identify (1) for each of the five media (2) up to five of their most frequent communication partners, (3) the partner's social role (including colleagues, family, friends), and (4) their own employment category. Individual-level and network-level analyses were used to compare variations in communication relationships and configurations of relationships among social roles overall, within each medium, and for different employment categories, and to identify configurations of relationships across media. IM, SMS, and mobile phone are distinctive media for students, mobile phone for homeworkers, and email for organizational workers. Moreover, mobile phones tend to be used in reinforcing strong social ties, and text based CMC media tend to be used in expanding relationships with weak ties. Finally, face-to-face (FtF) seems to be a universal medium without significant differences across respondents' employment categories.