Impacts of Computer-Mediated Communications on Social Behaviors of MSN and Facebook Users
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Internet has changed how people communicate with the others; however, few studies have investigated the relationship between people’s new communication behaviors and their innermost feelings. Therefore, this study aims to how people choose communication tool to interact with the others under the impacts of Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC). This study refers theories of communication and social psychology to explore the impacts of Computer-Mediated-Communication (CMC) on Facebook/MSN’s users’ social behaviors in terms of MSN Messenger and Facebook are the most popular online communication tools worldwide. The following facts were found: 1. Users start using Facebook mainly effected by peers and environment. 2. Users tend to choose MSN as a tool to communicate with others when the message is positive; however, they prefer to use Facebook to deal with messages which is negative. 3. Facebook’s function such as "share", allowing users to share real-time restaurants or attractions etc., which makes online world associate to real life, increasing social interactions among people. 4. Most users change their "MSN nickname Personal status" seldom, as most users get friends’ latest status via Facebook. Besides, interviewees said that the messages they posted on the "MSN nickname Personal status" is simply for their selfawareness, not for friends, so that many words presented in short.
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