Rethinking immediacy: A new framework for affiliation applied to instruction

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

In the internet age, the limitations of traditional immediacy conceptualizations and instruments are apparent as communication technologies supplement and/or substitute for face-to-face interactions. This panel will review research that elaborates a new framework of affiliative communication that encompasses face-to-face and mediated forms as well as verbal and nonverbal forms, introduce a new affiliation measure, and share results from field tests of the framework in a variety of instructional contexts.

Sub Unit

• Instructional Development Division

Chair

• Brian Scott Titsworth, Ohio University

Respondent

• Brian Scott Titsworth, Ohio University

Session Organizer

• Patrick O'Sullivan, Illinois State University