_________ refers to online interactions in which senders have a greater capacity to strategically manage their self-presentation because nonverbal and relevant contextual cues are more limited.

a. Impersonal communication
b. Hyperpersonal communication
c. Interpersonal communication
d. Social communication


b. Hyperpersonal communication
When people meet online, they don’t experience what we traditionally call interpersonal communication. Hyperpersonal communication refers to online interactions in which senders have a greater capacity to strategically manage their self-presentation because nonverbal and relevant contextual cues are more limited.

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