As the technology of our society continues to grow and advance, it has changed the way we communicate and view communication. As a a society we have moved from impersonal to interpersonal and finally hyper personal. Hyperpersonal communication is a part of CMC that exceeds face to face interaction and gives it the advantage. There are four factors that contribute to the advantages hyperpersonal communication; sender, receiver, channel, and feedback loop. Each of these factors contribute to society moving further and further away from face to face interaction.
First, the sender in hyper personal communication has many more advantages than face to face communication. A sender in CMC can express feelings, emotions, and say things that they would otherwise be scared or nervous to say through face to face communication. Another thing that communicating this way does is help the sender express a certain identity they wouldn't be able to do in face to face communication. Hyperpersonal communication gives the sender more power and freedom in communicating their message
Next, the receiver also has an easier job decoding a message through CMC. The receiver has more time, more resources, and less stress when dealing with hyper personal communication. Receivers also can come up with their own impressions of the people they are communicating with and can dictate what kind of conversation is going to be had. The receiver gets to think on his/her own time and process the information in whatever they would like to which makes the feedback stage a lot less complex.
The biggest advantage to hyper personal communication is the fact that face to face presence is not required. CMC has many different channels or mediums that can be used to communicate. The advantage of having so many channels to go through is that it gives the sender and receiver options that best accommodate them and the situation at hand. The many channels also develop a safety blanket in a way because if one fails, we know there are dozens more we can try. Another positive aspect of this is that the messages can be recollected much easier through these channels. Most times messages are saved or stored in a conversation type model so we can go back and re-read certain parts of our conversations.
The final advantage of hyper personal factors is the feedback loop. Once the initial message is sent and received it is up to the receiver to decided to respond or not. The advantage CMC gives is that we don't have to respond if we don't want too. We feel less guilty ignoring a text, tweet, etc., then we would ignoring a direct comment face to face. Another advantage to this is that this feedback process can also be quicker and more efficient. Through CMC, we feel like we don't have to hold anything back so what we are really feeling or want to say is what comes out.
Personally, I think that this way of communication is a better option than face to face in todays world. Through experience I have gotten more accomplished and have had better conversations through text and social media then face to face. CMC takes away the shyness, awkwardness, anger, sadness, etc. out of communication and lets us chose whether or not we decide to inject it back in. I think that this way of communicating has more room to grow and advance then face to face and as a society we are always looking for the next best thing. Hyperpersonal communication is convenient, its personally monitored, and gives a new meaning and life to our own self expression.
We can link the use of hyperpersonal communication to the relationships we build online and how they help them grow. As technology has advanced and we become more dependent on these mediums to communicate, it effects the relationships we have with people. The 4 factors I mentioned above help us in our relationships that we build with people. Hyperpersonal communication gives us more power over communication and thus can make us more confident in the way we relate to peopel and help us build an identity we would be scared to otherwise do in person. Although, relationships usually always require face to face communication, hyperpersonal helps get a good feel of people and how the relationship will go based off of how we interact through CMC. The advantages of CMC and hyperpersonal communication are endless and continue to grow as technology grows. Relationships and online identities are becoming who we are and how people usually perceive us.
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