Getting to know you: Face-to-face versus online interactions

  • Authors:

  • Bradley M. Okdie;Rosanna E. Guadagno;Frank J. Bernieri;Andrew L. Geers;Amber R. Mclarney-Vesotski

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, P.O. Box 870348, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348, United States;Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, P.O. Box 870348, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0348, United States;Psychology Department, Oregon State University, 204C Moreland Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States;Department of Psychology, Mail Stop #948, 2801 West Bancroft Street, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606-3390, United States;Alpena Community College, 665 Johnson St., Alpena, MI 49707-1495, United States

  • Venue:
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

It is an open question as to how impressions formed via computer-mediated communication (CMC) differ from those formed face-to-face (FtF). Some research suggests that judgments of others formed while interacting over CMC are more favorable than judgments formed in FtF, while other researchers argue the pattern is in the opposite direction. We sought to settle this conflict by examining impressions formed via each communication mode while controlling for the other. Participants interacted with a partner twice: once FtF and once CMC. When controlling for each communication mode, participants interacting FtF, formed more positive impressions of their partner than did those in the other sequence. Furthermore, FtF participants had greater self-other agreement then those who interacted via CMC. Implications for impressions formed over the Internet are discussed.