Have you ever commented on an article/blog?
Have you ever commented on an article/blog?
July 13, 2020 Comments Off on Have you ever commented on an article/blog? Uncategorized Assignment-helpChapter 1 talks about online competence and chapter 2 discuss the way that we create our public self and the various factors that influence our sense of self. This application activity will ask you to think of several key concepts from chapters 1 and 2 by discussion comments online. When you read an article or responses to a social media post, some comments can be insightful, some are funny and some downright insulting and abusive.Please read this 2013 article https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-psychology-of-online-comments published in the New Yorker. Then read this (very short) and much more recent article about a study conducted on twitter comments by Amnesty International (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/study-finds-black-women-on-twitter-face-more-abuse.html)Then answer the following 4 questions. Question 1 can be a 1-2 sentence answer, but questions 2, 3, and 4 should be 3 sentences each. Answer the following questions: 1) Have you ever commented on an article/blog? What motivated you to comment or not comment?2) How are Maslow’s hierarchy of needs discussed in the chapter met via by writing comments online?3) Explain how the communication process (from the transactional communication model shown within the chapter) relates to blog writing/commenting.4) How does commenting online help some people create their public selves? Use the book and the websites above and your own thoughts to answer the questions. The book is Reflect & Relate: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication Fifth Editionby Steven McCornack (Author), Kelly Morrison (Author).


