Professor Joseph B. Walther
Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University
Recorded:
10 Dec 2011
10 Dec 2011
Speakers:
With Professor Joseph B. Walther and Dr Nicole Ellison
With Professor Joseph B. Walther and Dr Nicole Ellison
In conversation with Nicole Ellison, Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. He explains how the ‘idealisation’ of both perception and presentation online can facilitate our natural processes of selection, but also suggests that the specific presentational affordances of computer mediated communication may have unforeseen (and likely troublesome) consequences when individuals finally meet.