Understanding Reliability, Identity, Anonymity & Self-Disclosure in CMC, Apuntes de Agronomía

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COMPUTER-MEDIATED

COMMUNICATION

1. COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION

≥ Definition : all the ways humans have to communicate with someone through the

use of two or more electronic devices. With CMC, the participants interact by writing a message on the keyboard of one computer which is read by others on their computer screens. CMC helps us to communicate with other people, maybe from different countries or maybe from our same country, but through the most important tool ; Computers , and with the most important globally connected network system ; Internet. In CMC, we can find some interesting concepts such as reliability, identity , anonymity and self-disclosure , in order to undertand CMC.

CMC : It is based on INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION.

● WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND

COMMUNICATION EXCHANGE IN CMC?

● WHEN CAN YOU SAY THAT INFORMATION HAS A PEDIGREE?

1. When you know the source : the author,the institution,etc...
2. Experience
3. Common sense

1.2 CMC AND IDENTITY

≥ Definition of Identity : It is is basically about who we really are and what we tell

other people about ourselves and our lives. Identity is basically based on asking the question ‘Who am I?’. In answering this question, people must consider what they think about who they are, and what stories they tell other people about themselves (“personal identity”). With regard to our identity, we know who we are because we also know who we are not. Identity is something that we are working on all the time and that, in doing so, we like to be able to tell a structured, coherent story about who we think we are.

→ Social Identity

Social identity relates to how we identify ourselves in relation to others according to what we have in common. A person might act differently in varying social contexts according to the groups they belong to. After we categorize ourselves within a group and identify ourselves as being members of that group, we tend to compare our group (the ingroup) against another group (the outgroup). So in order to maintain your identity, you and your group members will compare your group against other ones. So basically, that’s why our identity is so important, because that helps us to know in which group we belong to.

1.3 CMC AND ANONYMITY

≥ Definition of anonymity : It is “an essential tool in protecting free speech and action on the Internet”. With anonymity on internet, people can not know about you,about your real life and about your personality or identity.

1.4 CMC AND SELF-DISCLOSURE

≥ Definition of self-disclosure : It is a process of communication by which one person reveals information about himself or herself to another. The information can be descriptive or evaluative, and can include thoughts, feelings, aspirations, goals, failures, successes, fears, and dreams, as well as one's likes, dislikes, and favorites.

2. GOOGLE SCHOLAR

→ Definition : It is a Web search engine that specifically searches scholarly literature

and academic resources. In Google Scholar we can find academic papers, journals, articles, etc... Google scholar used as the defolt function.

● WHY IS GOOGLE SCHOLAR RELIABLE?

1. Because of the date of the publications
2. There is a link to acces to the page : it is not a fake
3. It gives you the number of citations IF THE PROFESSOR ASKS IN THE EXAM TO DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONALITY OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR , WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN WHAT GOOGLE SCHOLAR IS, RELIABILITY OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR, THE PARTS OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR AND EXPLAIN EACH PART AND EXPLAIN THEM. What is a citation? : a) A cite is a compact piece of information about a publication (you put it in the reference list) b) A citation is when you refer to a cite in the paper (remember the rule: author-year) c) A quotation is the literal transcription of an author(s) words.

2.1 PARTS OF GOOGLE SCHOLAR

We can find the left, the central and the right.

OBJECTIVE SCIENCE ; “double commas” and “number of citations”. And reliability is also related to these 2 ; “double commas” and “number of citations”.

• The right : We can find the links of the articles.

3. ENDNOTE

≥ Definition : It is a reference management software, used to

created bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles.

● WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A “ BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST ” AND A “ REFERENCE

LIST ”?

A reference list and a bibliography look a lot alike: They’re both composed of entries arranged alphabetically by author, for example, and they include the same basic information. The difference lies not so much in how they look as in what they contain. A reference list , generally, contains only sources you have cited in-text in your assignment. A bibliography , generally, is a list of all the sources you used to generate your ideas about the topic.

● HOW DO WE MANAGE TO DEAL WITH SO MANY

REFERENCES?

• To organize it we use a bibliographical software , for example Endnote or RefWorks.

● WHAT ARE THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN “ MLA ” AND “ APA ” FORMAT?

1) An APA-formatted paper consists of four parts: title page, abstract, main

body and references. The abstract is a single, double-spaced paragraph. The

MLA-formatted paper does not have a separate title page or an abstract and

OTHER THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION

THINGS TO BEAR IN MIND :  The bibliography is always in alphabetical order.  Style : APA  If you want to use 2 different books of the same author, it is important to know that they are ordered by chronologicsl order. ● HOW DO WE SIGN THE BOOK? Depending on the number of authors. If there are more authors, the last name of the authors and the years in brackets.