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Discussion Post
Watch Professor Gernsbacher's lecture video, "How Is the Internet Changing the Way We Communicate?" [a captioned version of the video is here, and a transcript of the video is available here].
Read Codova's (2019) tweet (and its response tweet).
Skim read Jaschik's (2017) article, "Michigan State Will Ban Whiteboards from Dormitory Doors," for an example of how brief forms of anonymous communication have been used, sadly and unfortunately, for bullying for decades (prior to the Internet).
Read David Kirp's (2017) New York Times article, "Text Your Way to College."
Go to the Unit: Assignment Discussion Post and make a new post, of at least 200 words, in which you do the following:
A. According to Professor Gernsbacher's lecture video, is the Internet making our communication briefer (shorter and more succinct)? Why or why not?
B. According to Professor Gernsbacher's lecture video, is the Internet making our communication less formal? Why or why not?
C. What does it mean to prefer intransient communication over transient communication?
D. What does it mean to prefer asynchronous communication over synchronous communication?
E. Identify and describe a specific situation, either from Professor Gernsbacher's lecture video, David Kirp's article, or your own life, in which there was a preference to communicate asynchronously.