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Discussion 7: Relationships and Technology
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, select one of the following options and address the related questions:
Option 1: Interpersonal Relationships
• Pick an important relationship and describe its relationship culture.
• When the relationship started, what relationship schemata guided your expectations?
• Describe a relationship story that you tell with this person or about this person. What personal idioms do you use?
• What routines and rituals do you observe?
• What norms and rules do you follow?
• How do self-concept, self-image, self-esteem, and self-disclosure effect a relationship?
Option 2: Technology
1. How does technology affects your communication in various contexts including the following:
• Academic
• Professional
• Civic
• Personal
2. Examine how your engagement with technology changes from context to context.
• For example, do you use online technology more in one context than another?
• In what contexts/situations might you prefer "old media" like phone, written letter, or even face-to-face communication?
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Select one peer who chose the option you did not choose.
• For example, for Option 1, examine where your interpersonal relationships have the same or similar routines, rituals, norms, and rules and where they are very different.
• For Option 2, how are the context for technology use the same or different? Is there a trend or pattern that you see as a whole?
Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.