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chosen because it connects cognitive styles with media effects. The former group will probably benefit significantly from discussion forums. For introspective users, on the other hand, they would more likely be a hindrance in the process of a successful information transfer. Another example: it has also long been known that some - not all - learners learn best by observing. Obviously, mirror neurons become active when they see corresponding efforts by other learners, so that their self-motivation and ultimately their learning success increases. Here it can be assumed that examples from the media (such as television programmes) can also have a positive effect. Conversely, other learners must have their own experiences in order to store and process information successfully. Mediated communication therefore means a limitation for them; on the other hand, it could be that users with individual concepts for learning have an advantage through and in online learning environments - at least compared to the 'observant learner type'.
61:, which is seen by many more viewers. The main reason is that television reports are only effective if they can be illustrated; this was hardly possible in the case of television reports about an illegal wiretapping. In the newspaper, on the other hand, it was possible to describe how the information from an (anonymous, i.e. not visually known) source was verified. The medium and its production constraints thus (partly) decide whether and how content can be presented or how effective the transfer of information is.
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tendency to avoid uncertainty - i.e. who have only a low willingness to take risks - tend to feel uncomfortable with self-learning media. There are also parallels to another observation described above: Since online media increase the degree of ambiguity both in terms of tasks and expectations of the respective user, users with a lower tolerance of uncertainty avoidance are disadvantaged, while users with a higher degree of uncertainty avoidance can even generate further advantages.
193:, the cultural imprint of the media user, etc.). Summarising, it is desirable to know whether and how a media-supported information transfer can be established sensibly and efficiently. However, it is questionable whether a system can be developed that links content, user type and medium, since the mentioned variables and their interactions already give rise to too many different situations, not least since technical developments are constantly changing the media and their effects.
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communication). This almost inevitably leads to a certain attention deficit. The use of weak media therefore means that utilising such media requires a greater cognitive effort on the part of the user. Perhaps this is why greater self-discipline is required in the context of media-supported learning than in traditional learning situations.
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Furthermore, different cognitive styles require a different density and volume of information in order to ultimately benefit from information transfer efforts in the context of meta cognitive processes. Perhaps this explains the findings of Baruch and
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Relatively new, however, is the attempt to link media theory statements with studies on cognitive styles., Usually it is referred to traditional teaching, and it of course has to be taken into consideration that there are differences between information processing and learning (Rehder/Hoffmann 2005).
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All in all, it seems to be clear that a successful information transfer depends on the situation and the strategies of how content is mediatised. With some users, it might be successful in the context of interactive group processes, whilst others need quietness to concentrate. This example has been
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or reception or learner research, the scientific study of media adequacy is relatively new. It is only since the triumph of microelectronics that not only specialists have been able to publish with their medium. Meanwhile, in many areas there is the possibility (and opportunity, but often also the
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and it is investigated what influences (promotes or hinders) a successful transfer of information: Only what can be realised sensibly and efficiently in a particular medium should also be realised in that medium. If the researcher's perspective is not based on the recipient or the content, but on
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In assessing whether the use is meaningful at all, the observation that a media-supported information transfer is fundamentally more time-intensive than traditional learning also seems significant. Accordingly, it is important to use media-supported learning materials in such a way that the added
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and Robert Lengel. Daft and Lengel speak of different degrees of "media richness" depending on how much the media is absorbed: Less "rich" media are not intensive enough to attract a user's full and undisturbed attention (for example: discussion forums, chats, e-mails or other forms of textual
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Sternberg's "theory of mental self-government" is quite complex and therefore sometimes difficult to operationalise. It assumes that under ideal (and free) conditions learners organise the learning process in accordance with their cognitive abilities. This leads to different forms of mental
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etc. It is however often underestimated that the channel via which information is transferred can also be of decisive importance. Question then is which medium makes it possible to convey a specific content as well as possible (and which medium is more of a hindrance).
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