Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships

Contents: Kevin B. Wright/Lynne M. Webb: Preface - Erin M. Bryant/Jennifer Marmo/Artemio Ramirez, Jr.: A Functional Approach to Social Networking Sites - Jeffrey T. Child/Sandra Petronio: Unpacking the Paradoxes of Privacy in CMC Relationships: The Challenges of Blogging and Relational Communication on the Internet - Catalina L. Toma/Jeffrey T. Hancock: A New Twist on Love's Labor: Self-Presentation in Online Dating Profiles - Deborah Ballard-Reisch/Bobby Rozzell/Lou Heldman/David Kamerer: Microchannels and CMC: Short Paths to Developing, Maintaining, and Dissolving Relationships - W. Scott Sanders/Patricia Amason: Communication Competence and Apprehension during CMC in Online and Face-to-face Relationships - Stephanie Tom Tong/Joseph B. Walther: Relational Maintenance and CMC - Andrew C. High/Denise H. Solomon: Locating Computer-Mediated Social Support Within Online Communication Environments - Kevin B. Wright/Ahlam Muhtaseb: Personal Relationships and Computer-Mediated Support Groups - Jinsuk Kim/Kathryn Dindia: Online Self-Disclosure: A Review of Research - Jeanine Warisse Turner/N. Lamar Reinsch, Jr.: Multicommunicating and Episodic Presence: Developing New Constructs for Studying New Phenomena - Paige P. Edley/Renée Houston: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Role of ICTs in Work and Family Connections - Amy Janan Johnson/Jennifer A. H. Becker: CMC and the Conceptualization of «Friendship»: How Friendships Have Changed with the Advent of New Methods of Interpersonal Communication - Katheryn C. Maguire/Stacey L. Connaughton: A Cross-Contextual Examination of Technologically Mediated Communication and Social Presence in Long-Distance Relationships - Theodore A. Avtgis/E. Phillips Polack/Sydney M. Staggers/Susan M. Wieczorek: Healthcare Provider-Recipient Interactions: Is «Online» Interaction the Next Best Thing to Being There? - Gustavo S. Mesch/Michal Frankel: Family Imbalance and Adjustment to Information and Communication Technologies -

Wing-Wah Law is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. He has written articles on citizenship, citizenship education, and social change that have been published in such international journals as Cambridge Journal of Education, Comparative Education Review, International Journal of Educational Development, and Teachers College Record.