Interpersonal Communication- A Mindful Approach to Relationships, 2020a

newspapers in the 1880s
often used all capital letters to
emphasize headlines (basically
have them jump off the page).
At some point in the early
1980s, using all caps as a form
of yelling became quite the
norm, which was noted in a
message post by Dave Decot in
1984 (Figure 12. 7). 12
In this example, you see
three different attempts to
create possible systems for
emphasizing words. The first is
the use of all capital letters for
making words seem “louder,”
which, as already mentioned,
eventually became known as
yelling.
Well, there seem to be some conventions developing in the use of various
emphasizers. There are three kinds of emphasis in use, in order of popularity:
1) using CAPITAL LETTERS to make words look "louder",
2) using *asterisks* to put sparklers around emphasized words, and
3) s p a c i n g words o u t
Figure 12.7 The Creation of YELLING
Over the years, numerous norms have developed to help individuals communicate in the CMC context.
They’re so common that we have a term for them, netiquette. is the set of professional and
social rules and norms that are considered acceptable and polite when interacting with another person(s)
through mediating technologies. Let’s breakdown this definition.
Research Spotlight
In a 2019 study conducted by Jale Ataalar and Aikaterini Michou, the researchers
set out to examine how mindfulness related to problematic Internet use (i.e.,
Internet addiction). This study was conducted in Ankara, Turkey, and examined
165 Turkish early adolescents (mean age was 13).
To measure mindfulness, the researchers revised the Mindful Attention
Awareness
Scale created by Kirk Brown and Richard Ryan. 13 The revised scale was used
to measure the degree to which individuals engaged in mindful behaviors while
online.
Overall, the researchers found that people who were mindful online were less likely to report engaging in
problematic Internet use.
Ataalar, J., & Michou, A. (2019). Coping and mindfulness: Mediators between need satisfaction
and generalized problematic Internet use. Journal of Media Psychology, 31(2), 110–115. https://doi.
org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000230
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