Computer-mediated communication is human communication through networked devices such as email, messaging, and video meetings. It alters cues, timing, persistence, and audience. People adapt over time, so digital exchanges are not inherently poorer than face-to-face ones.
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Key concepts are the working vocabulary of the field: the terms that the models and tools rely on and that a decision about communication has to use precisely. Each entry defines the term and sends you to the brief or the self-guided audit where it is put to work.