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Intrapersonal Communication as Cognitive Collaboration Chapter 7 Shedletsky & Aitken Intrapersonal Communication and Cognitive Collaboration Intrapersonal Communication – Mental processes associated with meaning, a mental dialogue; – Assigning meaning to stimuli and producing meaningful stimuli, verbal or nonverbal; Cognitive Collaboration – Jointly constructed ideas, dialogue with another about meaning; Model of Intrapersonal Communication The Intrapersonal Model Think of the model as representing you; Picture stimuli coming into your receptors (e.g., hearing, sight) from the Internet: Picture the stimuli you send as expressed through your effectors (hands, speech) and mediated by the computer: Information, Meaning, & Communication Information as one level or type of meaning, akin to literal meaning; Additional levels of meaning include social meaning, implied meaning, inferred meaning, and more; Communication includes all levels of meaning; The Computer as an Intensifier Communication on the computer intensifies the intrapersonal aspects of communication; It facilitates making us more aware of our mental processing of stimuli; We need to put greater effort into thinking about what something means and hence we become more aware of our processing; We begin to recognize that our inner world and our outer world are closely tied together; Inner/Outer Speech Inner speech is communication to yourself, internal; Outer speech is communication with another, external; Without face-to-face cues, you are required to work harder to think about the communication event; You are driven further inside to inner speech; Hence, email on the Internet is an intensified cognitive event, engaging the outside and the inside; The communication model adopted here is highly interactive (slide 3); In spite of an intrapersonal model, the event remains focused on social action; Communication on the Internet is a mediated symbolic process; Essential Features of Communication on the Internet Mediation or negotiation between people which relies on cognitive representation of common ground; Communication or reaching common understanding through interplay; Cultural mediational artifacts or the cultural information that helps in interpretation; Context or the situation, environment, situated meaning, with physical context reduced in Internet communication; Mind or the cognitive processing of stimuli, which, again, is intensified in Internet communication; The Self and the Internet The computer as a source of identity; Mediated-intrapersonal communication:Writing to the self; The computer as the second self; Role-Playing Identity People engage in high levels of self disclosure on the Internet; Knowing the identity of others is central to communication, yet on the Internet identity is ambiguous; The relationship of the self (including the body), identity, and online interaction is complicated; Age We hear many warnings about the dangers of the Internet for children; There are also benefits of the Internet for children: to access information, talk to people, play, and collaborate; The Internet as a refuge; Age The Internet is an important tool for older adults; It provides mental stimulation, connection to others, valuable information; A way to feel apart of the times; Gender Though women have not been associated with technology, things are different with the Internet; Some research suggests that women use email more than men and have less stereotypical attitudes toward the Internet than men; Both women and men are using the Internet to communicate, though they may display different roles in online discussion;