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Thank you to all of the participants of our #COMference297 today! Your research and presentations were amazing and we can't wait to see where your research goes from here!

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@TheSocials297 @nonverbalcom297 Did any of you use what your learned in your real life on dating apps?

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Thank you @nonverbalcom297! To wrap up today's #COMference297 we would like to welcome the final research presentation on Pandemic Dating from @TheSocials297!

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@TheSocials297 @nonverbalcom297 Do you think this is pandemic related or just the nature of dating apps like Tinder?

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@ISU_COMference @nonverbalcom297 Our group focused on researching online dating during the pandemic. After establishing our question we conducted research through a survey, archival research, interviewed people, and conducted a statistical & content analysis along with a thematic analysis. #COMference29 (1/9)

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@nonverbalcom297 Do you think having to wear masks has made people BETTER at picking up nonverbal cues, because they really had to pay attention to a person's eyes/eyebrows, tone of voice, hand gestures, etc.?

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9/9 We have thoroughly enjoyed researching how face masks have affected our nonverbal communication during COVID-19. We also want to give a shout out to Dr. Thomas for all of her support throughout the semester! #COMference297 #communication #eyecontact #masks #bodylanguage

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8/9 We saw a variety of themes including experiences surrounding children, emotional changes, negative & positive feelings about masked communication, adapting/compensating, experiences with body language, experiences with eyes, change in outside perception & more #COMference

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@nonverbalcom297 Definitely relate to this Reddit post!

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7/9 We coded each social media post based on emerging themes we saw relating specific to our research question. We placed them respectively under the category we believed most accurately represented the post. We did this with 180 screenshots total #COMference #nonverbal #masks

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6/9 Our team conducted a search across platforms to find what experiences people had with masked communication during COVID-19. We observed posts that spoke to the concern behind miss reading facial expressions and in fact 36% of data we collected spoke to this #COMference297

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5/9 For archival research we used Twitter Facebook and Reddit to find data. We looked up “nonverbal communication” when looking for content. The common themes throughout the data were misread expression, change in attention to the eyes, and change in body language #COMference297

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4/9 For interviews we interviewed 2 people each, one we recorded the other we transcribed. We asked a series of questions regarding peoples nonverbal communication with face masks. We found people use hand gestures more and look more at eye and eyebrow expressions #COMference297

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3/9 In our survey we collected info on how people feel about masked communication. Due to error, we were unable to collect data on every item from all participants. However, what we did collect shows a slight increase in anxiety surrounding effective communication #COMference297

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2/9 we used surveys and interviews to collect data. The questions used helped us get a variety of basic info on our participants and assisted in learning about their own experiences or opinions in relation to our topic #COMference297 #facialexpressions #nonverbalcommunication

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1/9 Our group did research on how wearing face coverings during COVID-19 has affected nonverbal communication. Our tweets will use hashtags that we found most relevant to nonverbal communication, COVID-19, face masks, and other things involved with these topics. #COMference297

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Great information @LukeSeeman01! Next up is some research on Masks and (Nonverbal) Communication from @nonverbalcom297. #COMference297

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@LukeSeeman01 What kinds of questions were asked during these interviews?

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@LukeSeeman01 Did your study find that COVID affected the athletes at all? (not being able to play, etc.)

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@LukeSeeman01 Which sports were included in these interviews?