Metacommunication and Self-Disclosure
Communication Online
100

Going into more detail about a specific topic in a person's life

What is depth?

100

Binge-Scrolling sad content.

What is Doomscrolling?

200

Revealing a multitude of different topics about one's self.

What is breadth?

200

The pressure to keep up with online content and the stress of online expectations.

What is Digital Stress?

300

Messages that refer to other messages. i.e. "I appreciate your honesty"

What is Metacommunication

300

Paying attention to your phone instead of the people around you.

What is Phubbing?

400

Deliberately revealing information about one's self that is significant/normally unknown to others

What is Self-Disclosure?

400

You think that you have a relationship with an influencer online. The relationship is one-sided.

What is Parasocial Relationships?

500

A model that has both "breadth" and "depth." This is a description of intimacy

What is the Social Penetration Model?

500

What is the good of Online Communication?

The ability to connect to people online anywhere/To build relationships with anybody across the world.