COMM 1050
Elements of Human Communication
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Reflection
This assignment was very interesting to complete. To follow the life of a communication theory from its birth until a pivotal turning point through the eyes of the creator was fascinating. Reading the peer reviewed journal articles actually written by Walther at each point instead of the summaries of someone else on a website changes the perspective of the whole theory for me. I learned that when you are reading 2nd hand sources that it is not
necessarily the real sources view point but the perception of what the author of the website wanted you to see. The article by Walther titled Interaction Through Technological Lenses (sourced in the attached file) may not have been your typical scholarly article with studies and data but it was a rare opportunity to see inside a theorists head as he realizes his theory is coming to an end. I have subscribed to the journal site so that I can continue to
follow the Social Information Processing theory in the future.