Technology and Language Use

Implications for Computer Mediated Therapy

Bibliographic Data

ID9020569
AuthorsJohn W Murphy (0000-0003-1479-6823, Department of Sociology, P. O. Drawer 1890, State University, AK 72467., corresponding author), John T Pardeck (Southeast Missouri State University)
Year1988
Volume28
Issue1
Pages120-134
Publication date1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022167888281007
OpenAlexW2047055212
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

This article shows the relationships among computerization, cognition, and language style. Specifically important is that computerization is demonstrated to shape language and cognition in a way that diminishes the role interpretation plays in knowledge acquisition. This portrayal of knowledge has significant consequences for computer mediated therapy. That is, behavior is divorced from its social or interpretive context and thus little insight is gained into a client's problems. Diagnoses, simply put, are made to conform to technical criteria. Behavior is thus classified neatly but, most often, in an irrelevant manner. This article is based on Murphy's and Pardeck's research into the impact of technology on education and the delivery of social services

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Context (archaeology · Interpretation (philosophy · Knowledge management · Style (visual arts · AI in Service Interactions · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI · Speech and dialogue systems

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