Publications

Publication details [#56834]

Valkenburg, P.M., Marjolijn L. Antheunis and Alexander P. Schouten. 2012. Interactive Uncertainty Reduction Strategies and Verbal Affection in Computer-Mediated Communication. Communication Research 39 (6) : 757–780.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

affect | computer communication system | discourse strategy | gender | uncertainty

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study explores whether language-based uncertainty reduction strategies enhance verbal affection statements in cross-sex dyads in computer-mediated communication.