Computer-mediated Communication : A Theoretical and Practical Introduction to Online Human Communication

Caleb T. Carr (PhD, Michigan State University) is currently an associate professor in the School of Communication at Illinois State University, in Normal, Illinois. His research addresses how new media alter communicative processes, including how social media are used for organizational uncertainty reduction, in group collaborations, and to create and maintain identity online. His work has appeared in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Human Communication Research, The Journal of Applied Communication Research, and Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networks, and has received numerous awards from the International Communication Association and National Communication Association. Dr. Carr has researched and taught courses in computer-mediated communication for almost a decade. He has authored or coauthored four book chapters addressing online communication and interpersonal and intergroup effects, most recently a full entry exploring intergroup communication via social media the encyclopedia of intergroup communication from Oxford publishing, edited by Howie Giles. He is currently back in the lab collecting data for the next series of studies; but is excited to get back to Computer Mediated Communication: A Theoretical and Practical Introduction to Online Human Communication.