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13: New Media and Interpersonal Communication

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    Learning Objectives

    • Relay pertinent key terms that help explain the emergence of masspersonal communication.
    • Distinguish between mass media and new media.
    • Bridge the conceptual gap between the theories presented earlier in the book, and those presented in the next module by providing some context on what a new media environment means for interpersonal communication.
    • Understand the evolution of academic thought regarding interpersonal communication in the new media environment.
    • Understand the concept of masspersonal communication.
    • Appreciate key ways that masspersonal communication has altered our interpersonal communication practices.
    • Achieve fluency with key terms related to masspersonal communication.
    • Master their own uses of masspersonal communication.


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