User:Nic.seaman/sandbox

I will be working on Social Presence Theory (SPT), at a first glance there looks to be some missing links on key contributors to SPT, that will be my starting point.

I started by making changed to the opening paragraph, my goal is to create a clear understanding of who created SPT and what basis of what SPT is.

In the opening paragraph I cut out, "The main thesis and major points of the theory were first described in 1956 in The Naked Sun, a novel by Isaac Asimov." and pasted it at the bottom, I think this piece of information can be used in the section definition an emergence - which I think needs to be broken up into separate sections. This allows for the user to understand exactly what it is they are reading about. Although there is not a ton of information on the emergence of SPT, will have to dig up new references if we want to have a emergence section. There is a lot of good information in the definition page - reference checking now.

Adding to Definition: According to Patrick R. Lowenthal definitions of SPT are on a continuum. On one side of the continuum there is perceptions of a person's being or existence which focuses on whether one projects themselves into the environment or if other people can recognize them. On the other side of the continuum the focus is on whether or not there is a positive interaction, interpersonal or emotional connection between the communicators. Lowenthal also says that most definitions of SPT remain in the middle of this continuum where very little focus is placed on emotional or interpersonal connection.

Cui, G., Lockee, B., & Meng, C. (2013). Building modern online social presence: A review of social presence theory and its instructional design implications for future trends. Education and Information Technologies, 18(4), 661-685. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy.foley.gonzaga.edu/10.1007/s10639-012-9192-1

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