Gated because it involves many features that can interfere with the early development of a relationship eg a stammer, physical unattractiveness
What do McKenna and Bargh argue?
That the huge advantage of CMC is the absence of gating
this means the r'ship can develop to a point where self-disclosure becomes more frequent and deeper because the absence of gating allows an online r'ship to 'get off the ground' in a way that is less likely to happen in a FtF situation
sHow does Absence of gating work?
By refocussing attention on self-disclosure and away from one might be considered superficial and distracting features~
Online we are more interested in what?
what we write rather than what we look and sound like
