Web of emotions

Arvid Kappas, emotion researcher and Professor of Psychology at Jacobs University, and Nicole C. Krämer, Professor of Social Psychology and expert in Media and Communication at University of Duisburg Essen, are co-editors and contributors to ‘Face-to-Face Communication over the Internet’, published by renowned Cambridge University Press as part of its ’Studies in Emotional and Social Interaction’ series.

July 19, 2011

With the global popularity of social networking increasing rapidly, text-based, computer-mediated communication has also moved up a notch through face-to-face communication tools such as video web chat service Skype. As the user base widens, age, gender and culture barriers also seem to have crumbled and disappeared.

Little has so far been told about emotional, cognitive and non-verbal communication processes in humans engaging in video-conferencing. The new title now features works by leading researchers in the field of non-verbal communication, emotion, cognition and computer science summarizing what is known about the processes relevant to face-to-face communication in the rapidly developing environment of internet-based exchanges.

The publication, which has been praised by fellow academics in the field as a “fascinating and timely collection that brings together some of the foremost scholars in the areas of new media and emotions” (Judee Burgoon, Professor of Communication, University of Arizona), is not just viewed as a must-read for scholars.

“It makes the jobs of those creating virtual interaction - whether to further technological development, investigate social interaction experimentally or to create entertainment - much more efficiently,” says Jim Blascovich, Director, Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior, University of California.

’Face-to-Face Communication over the Internet' - Emotions in a Web of Culture, Language, and Technology

edited by Arvid Kappas (Jacobs University Bremen) and Nicole C. Krämer (Universität Duisburg Essen)

ISBN - 13:9780521619974), 312 pages