Title :
Are We Becoming Socially Impaired? Computer-Mediated Communication, Human Evolution, and Social Capital
Abstract :
We review the literatures on human evolution, organizational communication, and CMC, focusing on research addressing CMC support for the transmission of socio-emotional signals, Theory of Mind (ToM), and social capital. We develop a social capital theory of communication in organizations, linking the use of CMC for the transmission of socio-emotional signals with one´s ability to develop social capital, where ToM is proposed as a major mediator.
Keywords :
cognition; computer mediated communication; organisational aspects; social aspects of automation; social sciences computing; CMC; ToM; computer-mediated communication; human evolution; organizational communication; social capital theory; socio-emotional signal transmission; theory of mind; Context; Face; Humans; Media; Psychology; Speech; Visualization;
