Posted by gardenergirl on May 19, 2005, at 5:39:40
In reply to Re: Hey Nikki, me, too.... » Phillipa, posted by so on May 19, 2005, at 2:02:38
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> THEY SACRIFICED.Sounds to me like they merely had different values.
And um, would you please answer my question involving whether this is your third screen name on Babble? One of the administrative rules here is that posters announce here on the admin. board that they are using a new screen ID. You of course do not have to tell us who you used to be, but the rules state that a poster does have to report that he or she used to be someone other than the current iteration.
And to clarify another comment you made...this is personal research on your part? I suppose including Dr. Bob in your sample is cheaper than visiting "senior healthcare providers" in person to assess their communication skills. But of course you lose a percentage communication in this medium via the loss of all the non-verbal material in messages. Welll, and Emmy already pointed out the role conflict with viewing a webmaster as holding the same role as a practicing psychiatrist. How are you planning to parse out what role is responsible for which message in the communication?
It also seems to me that deciding to trust an individual is based more on the characteristics of that individual and our own level of risk tolerance. If one uses a scientific approach; however, one must take the risk of basing the decision whether to trust on a sample and then generalizing to all members of a population. That's potentially a risky, expensive, and time consuming approach. But then again, I suppose like we all have our own set of values, we also have our own risk tolerance and ability to judge another individual's trust-worthiness.
Good luck with your study! (emoticon would normally go here)
gg
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