Are there models to explain modern communication through technology?

Mediated Communication work(CMC) (APA-Psynet: Social psychological aspects of computer-mediated communication) Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is a generic term now commonly used for a variety of systems that enable people to communicate with other people by means of computers and networks. Well-known examples of such systems include computer conferencing, electronic mail, discussion lists, and bulletin boards.\cite{mason}

Why communication costs misunderstanding? When does communication break down?\cite{breakdown}

The characteristics of miscommunication often draws from stereotyping, primacy, recency, perceptual sets, egocentrism, positivity, and negativity are all powerful influences on communications. These can lead to errors in perception. The more we are aware of these types of errors, the more equipped we are to work around them in our communications. Other factors included but not limited to: historical reasons, conflict of interest, distractions of communication, Perceptual and Language Differences, Emotion states, Information Overload, Time Pressures, global world, culture precondition.
Stereotyping: Stereotypes are generalizations about groups that are applied to the individuals who are members of that group. Stereotypes are not inherently ”bad” – rather, they are classification systems, and they can be very useful in encountering new input. Where we have to be careful with stereotypes is in overgeneralizing, because individuals don’t always possess all of the characteristics of their perceived group memberships. The problem with stereotypes comes when we treat individuals as extensions of the groups to which they belong, and assign the group’s characteristics to the individual, without giving the individual a chance to truly be an individual, separate from the group’s characteristics.
Primacy and recency effects: First impressions are known as the primacy effect . First impressions are important because they set the tone for future interactions. Recency effects are final impressions. These matter, because this is how people tend to remember us. Both the first impressions and last impressions tend to be more important than any impressions people form in between.
Perceptual set is the idea that we perceive only what we want or expect to perceive. This limits our ability to accurately perceive what is actually there. An example of this is the preconception we form when we see a baby wrapped in blue. It then becomes difficult for us to imagine that this child could be a girl. People tend to see what they are used to seeing.
Egocentrism: The idea of egocentrism means the inability to take another’s perspective. As you might imagine, this interferes with our ability to accurately perceive others. While this is common in children, most of us outgrow this – but not all. In egocentrism, we assume that others should react to situations the way we would.
Positivity and negativity biases: Both positivity and negativity biases affect our ability to accurately perceive the communications of others. Positivity bias means a tendency to focus heavily on another’s positive attributes when forming a perception of that person. A negativity bias means the reverse: a tendency to focus heavily on another’s negative attributes when forming a perception of that person. In a negativity bias, even one piece of negative information can adversely affect your perception of that person. These types of biases are particularly influential in the communications of long-term relationships, such as marriage. Satisfied couples tend to emphasize the positive attributes of their relationship, while dissatisfied couples tend to emphasize the negative.
Attribution: In addition to noticing others’ behaviors, we want to figure out the causes of these behaviors. Why did she behave like that at the party yesterday? We want to know. In answering the ”why” question, we offer explanations for the behaviors we observe. These explanations are known as attributions . Whatever we attribute someone’s behavior to, we proceed with them in accordance with the attribution. For example, let’s say we are hit by a car. When we approach the other driver, we find that he had a heart attack, and that’s why he hit us. How would you respond to this? On the other hand, when we approach the other driver, we find that she is completely drunk. Would your response to the drunk woman be different from your response to the man who had a heart attack? Most people would probably say yes.
There are three main types of attribution errors we tend to make in perceiving and interpreting behaviors and situations. The first is self-serving bias . This means we attribute our successes to our own internal characteristics, but our failures to external causes. For example, if you get an ”A” on your exam, it’s because you’re smart and you studied well; but if you get an ”F,” it’s because the exam wasn’t fair. In other words, your success was your own, but your failure was someone else’s fault. The next type of attribution error is called the fundamental attribution error . Here, we attribute others’ behaviors to internal, rather than external, causes. For example, the girl volunteers because she is kindhearted, and the cashier miscounted our change because she doesn’t know how to count. The fundamental attribution error is exceedingly strong, and research has found that it applies even when we consciously know better. As competent communicators, we need to keep in mind that most behaviors are in response to external causes. The third type of common attribution error is over-attribution. Here, we identify one or two obvious characteristics of an individual and extrapolate those characteristics to explain other things that person does. For example, if you know someone who is the youngest of eight children, you might attribute that person’s insistence on getting her own way all the time to her being the baby of a large family. This might also be the reason you offer for her always seeming to need to be the center of attention, and interrupting others when they speak. Over-attribution can be problematic, particularly within the context of marriage, when, for example, a woman expressing her needs is dismissed as her simply being a woman. This can also be problematic when interacting with individuals from marginalized groups, such as migrants or homeless people, where an individual’s behaviors can be attributed primarily to that person’s group membership.

What about other communication cues? What is our non-verbal communication for? https://managementmania.com/en/nonverbal-communication 

Good “reading” and use of nonverbal communication enables efficient communication and better understanding of the often hidden motives of partner or partners in communication.