Is Email a Synchronous or an Asynchronous Medium of Communication

question 10

Essay

Is email a synchronous or an asynchronous medium of communication?

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Definitions:

Sociability

The tendency to seek social interactions and exhibit enjoyment in engaging with others.

Cognitions

Mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension, including thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving.

Hostile Attribution

The tendency to interpret others' behaviors as having hostile intent, even when the behavior is ambiguous or benign.

Social Information-Processing

Model used to explain idiosyncratic ways of processing social information, such as use of a hostile attributional bias to interpret neutral social cues.