Week 8 F08

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Week 8

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[edit] Week 8

  • Notes
    • Proposal/Outline due 10/20
    • Digital Traces assignment cancelled

[edit] Prompt reading

[edit] Exercise - Your Use of Relational Technology

Remembering the name generator:

On a sheet of paper, list 3 people (First name, Last initial) who match the following criteria:

  • Your best friends
  • Your best online friends (frequency/quality of communication)
  • People you've met offline, and continued the relationship online
  • People who you've met online, taking the friendship offline
  • People you keep up with who you wouldn't without technology

Reflecting on the people you studied and the people in your name generator, reflect on the following:

  • What tools are you using?
  • Who are you connecting with (where do these people fit on the name generator)?
  • Surprises?
    • Unwanted Relationships?
    • Local Relationships increasingly mediated by technology?
  • Strategies for relationship management
    • How do you filter communication partners?
    • How do you engage with new partners?
  • How has technology affected the relationships?
    • And is this the right question? (i.e. Other effects - Distance, Time, etc.)

[edit] Transitions and Information Needs

(Sorry, this is a lecture stub. PPT to come)

  • Relational Formation (i.e. Friendship) - 4 factors
    • Physical Proximity/Propinquity
      • Role of organizations, work, clubs, school, etc.
    • Individual Factors
      • Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria
        • Dislike/Disregard
        • Attractiveness
        • Social Skills
        • Responsiveness
        • Similarity
    • Situational Factors
      • Possibility of Future Interaction
      • Frequency of Exposure
      • Outcome Dependency
      • Availability
    • Dyadic Factors
      • Reciprocity of Liking
      • Self-Disclosure
      • Trust
  • Relationships as Social Support
  • SS is based on social interaction, is delivered through the conduction of personal relations.
    • Types of support - Problem solving and Emotional Adjustment
      • Instrumental Support
        • Tangible Aid
        • Informational Support
      • Emotional Support
        • Attachment
        • Network Support
        • Esteem Support
  • How do technologies of relationships expand informational and network support?
  • Mobilizing Social Support
    • Social support mobilized many ways - including in conversation
    • Talk is situated action, as well as a social and strategic action
    • Talk perpetuates the sense of the relationships
  • Perceived and Received Support
    • Perceived: A psychological sense of support
    • Received: Concrete instances of helping
  • Solicited and Unsolicited Support
    • Sol/Unsol are different processes
    • Solicited support has costs (esteem)
    • Nature of the stressor may determine type of support
    • Nature of the relationship may as well
  • The best support(?)
    • A social network that is responsive without being asked
    • Asking for support - a sign the network is failing?
  • Maintaining relationships with communication
    • Keeping a relationship in existence
    • Keeping a relationship in a specified state or condition
    • Keeping a relationship in satisfactory condition
    • Keeping a relationship in repair
  • Theoretical Approaches to Relationship Maintenance
    • Social Exchange Theories (Interdependence Model, Equity Theory, Investment Model)
    • Relational Dialectics (Dynamics and Praxis)
    • Interactional Approaches (Continuity Theories)
  • Maintenance by expression
  • Maintaining the social forces that hold relationships together
  • Metacommunication
  • Affinity maintenance
  • What about nonvoluntary or relationships with disliked others?


  • Theories of Transitions
    • Losses and Mobility
    • Interruptions and Transition
    • Changes in Status, Rank and Mood
    • Control and Vulnerability



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