3307 SPOTLIGHT PANEL: RECENT INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION THEORY
10:15 – 11:30 Sunday, February 19 Enchantment C
Over the past 40 years, there have been a number of discussions of the role of theory in interpersonal communication. This discussion panel includes brief position statements from seven leading communication scholars followed by a panel-audience discussion on the ways that theory influences (or fails to influence) recent work in interpersonal communication.
Chair: Melissa Ann Tafoya, Arizona State University
Participants:
- Peter Andersen, San Diego State University
- Dawn O. Braithwaite, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Kory Floyd, Arizona State University
- Steve McCornack, Michigan State University
- Sandra Metts, Illinois State University
- Sandra Petronio, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- Brian Spitzberg, San Diego State University
3507 TOP FOUR PAPERS IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
1:00 – 2:15 Sunday, February 19 Enchantment C
- Chair: Melissa Ann Tafoya, Arizona State University
- Relational Communication and Mother‐Adolescent Daughter Relationships* — Jennifer A. Cummings, University of Utah
- Privacy Management and Self-Disclosure: The Mediating Role of Emotional Competence – Colin Hesse, University of Missouri Columbia – Emily A. Rauscher, University of Missouri Columbia
- An Experimental Investigation of Cybersafety Promotion and Cyberbullying Prevention for Parents of Middle School Students — Douglas M. Deiss, Matthew W. Savage, Leslie Ramos Salazar, Arizona State University — Jen Eden, Northern Illinois University — Anthony Roberto, Arizona State University
- Exploring Facebook: The Role of Nonverbal Cues and Attachment Style in the Experience of Emotion** – Christina Fleuriet, Megan Cole, Arizona State University
Respondent/Facilitator: Christina G. Yoshimura, University of Montana
3607 FAMILY BONDS: SOLIDARITY, DIVERSITY, AND COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE FAMILY
2:30 – 3:45 Sunday, February 19 Enchantment C
Chair: Megan Gesler, University of Montana
- Mixed Perceptions: Romantic Relationships, Sexuality, and In-Laws — Stephanie Hartzell, California State University Fresno
- Perceived Similarities and Differences in Families — Tim Dun, Brock University
- Imagined Interactions as a Link to Political Talk — Megan M. Lambertz, Erin Sahlstein, University of Nevada Las Vegas
- Final Conversations, Phase II: Children, Everyday Talk and Routine Interactions — Maureen Keeley, Texas State University — Paula Baldwin, George Mason University
Respondent/Facilitator: Douglas Deiss, Arizona State University
3707 EVERYDAY TALK: DISCLOSURE, FORMS OF ADDRESS, AND VERBAL EXCUSES
4:00 – 5:15 Sunday, February 19 Enchantment C
Chair: Alexis J. Valianos, Arizona State University
- Does a Customer by Any Other Name Tip the Same? The Effect of Forms of Address and Customers’ Ages on Gratuities Given to Food Servers in the United States — John S. Seiter, Utah State University — Harry Weger, Jr., University of Central Florida
- A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Everyday Account-Giving Situation Between Japanese and American Students — Takuji Shimada, Tenri University — Carl L. Thameling, University of Louisiana at Monroe
- The State of Disclosure: Past, Present, and Future Directions in Disclosure Research – Amanda Denes, University of California Santa Barbara
Respondent/Facilitator: Philip Salem, Texas State University
4107 MAKING NONVERBAL CONNECTIONS: RECIPROCITY, SUPPORT, AFFINITY-SEEKING AND MINDFULNESS
8:00 – 9:15 Monday, February 20 Enchantment C
Chair: Leslie Ramos Salazar, Arizona State University
- Opposite-Sex Affinity-Seeking, Self-Criticism, and Masculinity-Femininity as Predictors of Dieting Attitudes — Nathan Miczo, Western Illinois University
- Testing Nonverbal Responses to Immediacy Change in Cognitive Valence Theory — Lauren Amaro, Laura Guerrero, Arizona State University
- Mindfulness and Communication Apprehension: New Findings on Positive Cognition and Communication Anxiety — Kurt Mueller, Peter Andersen, San Diego State University
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words (Sometimes): Nonverbal Comforting Tactics in Emotional Support — Katherine Galica, San Diego State University
Respondent/Facilitator: Janet Jacobsen, Arizona State University
4407 THE ‘DARKER SIDE’ OF INTERPERSONAL: STALKING, SOCIAL AGGRESSION, INTENTIONAL EMBARRASSMENT AND LIES
2:15 – 3:30 Monday, February 20 Enchantment C
Chair: Chadwick Sutton, Arizona State University
- Once Upon a Midnight Stalker: A Content Analysis of Stalking in Films — Amy M. S. Schultz, San Diego State University — Julia Moore, San Diego State University — Brian H. Spitzberg, San Diego State University
- From Girlhood Grenades to Womanhood Weapons: Toward a Typology of Female Social Aggression — Erin K. Willer, University of Denver — William R. Cupach, Illinois State University — Jody Koenig Kellas, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- The Proclivity to Intentionally Embarrass Others and Self: A Validation of the PIE Scales — William F. Sharkey, Michelle Koo, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
- Striving to Understand Deceit: The Motivations and Consequences of Deception in Differing Relationship Stages – Michelle Dunivan , University of Arizona — Analisa Arroyo, University of Arizona
Respondent/Facilitator: Erin Sahlstein, University of Nevada Las Vegas
4507 STRIVING TO CHANGE: THE DARK SIDE OF DIGITAL INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
3:45 – 5:00 Monday, February 20 Enchantment C
This panel investigates some negative messages and outcomes associated with digital interpersonal communication. Each paper provides a representative review of literature seeking to explain a negative aspect of interpersonal communication by associating it with the characteristics of digital communication. In each case, the past research is inconclusive, and each author suggests an additional construct would change our understanding of these relationships. Some authors contend the additional constructs would change negative aspects into positive ones. Discussion will center on the conference theme. The conference theme is “Striving for Social Change.” The conference CFPs emphasizes the potential for social transformation and how our academic efforts are central to social change in large and small communities, underserved and disenfranchised communities, and our everyday lives. This panel explores how digital interpersonal communication changes our lives in a broad sense, and each paper is about change in separate communities ranging from children and young adults to stutters to members of differing cultures. Each author seeks to channel his or her research efforts to discovering how our understanding and use of digital interpersonal communication might make our lives better.
Participants:
- Philip Salem, Texas State University
- Deborah Day Andrews, Texas State University
- Shannon Gildea, Texas State University
- Vera Maricova Labriola, Texas State University
- Seamus Nelson, Texas State University
4607 A SCHOLARLY CONVERSATION ON SENSEMAKING IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
5:15 – 6:30 Monday, February 20 Enchantment C
Chair: Brian Spitzberg, San Diego State University
- Sensemaking and Communication Privacy Management in Health Care Contexts — Sandra Petronio, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
- Are We Dating or Hanging Out?: Making Sense of Sexual Intimacy — Sandra Metts, Illinois State University — Bryan Asbury, University of Iowa
- Sensemaking and Relationship Transitions — Paul A. Mongeau, Arizona State University — Benjamin Wiedmaier, Arizona State University — Kendra Knight, Arizona State University
- Storytelling as a Site for Communicated Perspective-Taking — Jody Koenig Kellas, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Making Sense of Relational Difficulty via Visual Narratives — Erin K. Willer, University of Denver
- “I try to think Disneyland, but it’s more like the post office… no, the DMV”: Sensemaking in Line at the Airport — Shawna Malvini Redden, Arizona State University
5307 WELCOME TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL AGE: THE INFLUENTIAL NATURE OF TECHNOLOGY
10:00 – 11:15 Tuesday, February 21 Enchantment C
Chair: Jordan Allen, The University of Montana
- Text Messaging, College Students, and Autonomy-Connection Dialectic: A Case Study — Mike Fuller, University of Connecticut
- Romantic Relationship Development over Time as Seen Through the Dialectical Theory — Jamie E. Foster, San Francisco State University
- Personal and Interpersonal Adaptations to Technology Deprivation — Philip Salem, Texas State University
Respondent/Facilitator: Rodney Reynolds, California Lutheran University
