title: Extending the global village: emotional communication in the online age.
abstract: Bentley et al.'s analysis of how human decision-making has changed in the online age does not mention emotion. Although the suggested dimensions involving social influence and transparency are interesting and suggestive, the engines behind the changes wrought by online media are arguably largely emotional, and implications of the communication of specific emotions via online media need to be better understood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication, U-1259, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. ross.buck@uconn.edu http://coms.uconn.edu/directory/faculty/rbuck/index.htm.
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buck
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D012919:Social Behavior; D060756:Social Networking