1) CMC differs F2F

CMC differs from F2F communication in a sense that context and the entire message may be conveyed differently. I believe that when people are speaking face to face, they are more prone to understand the situation a little better and the severity of the topic. Whereas when people are talking online, emotions are not represented and the context of the subject can be viewed from many different perspectives. Communication through different kinds of media will be interpreted differently by different people. Online conversations are more liable to miscommunication because they are taken less seriously compared to talking to someone face to face. An example of how CMC is different from F2F is the idea of buying and selling online. Bargaining online is next to impossible because if the seller does not want the price, they can simply turn off their communication. Whereas, in person, bargaining is possible because both the buyer and seller are face to face with different emotions. The context of the conversation is better understood when it is in person.