Computer-Mediated Communication in Personal Relationships

Contents: – A Functional Approach to Social Networking Sites – Unpacking the Paradoxes of Privacy in CMC Relationships: The Challenges of Blogging and Relational Communication on the Internet – A New Twist on Love’s Labor: Self-Presentation in Online Dating Profiles – Microchannels and CMC: Short Paths to Developing, Maintaining, and Dissolving Relationships – Communication Competence and Apprehension during CMC in Online and Face-to-face Relationships – Relational Maintenance and CMC – Locating Computer-Mediated Social Support Within Online Communication Environments – Personal Relationships and Computer-Mediated Support Groups – Online Self-Disclosure: A Review of Research – Multicommunicating and Episodic Presence: Developing New Constructs for Studying New Phenomena – The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Role of ICTs in Work and Family Connections – CMC and the Conceptualization of "Friendship": How Friendships Have Changed with the Advent – of New Methods of Interpersonal Communication – A Cross-Contextual Examination of Technologically Mediated Communication and Social Presence in Long-Distance Relationships – Healthcare Provider-Recipient Interactions: Is "Online" Interaction the Next Best Thing to Being There? – Family Imbalance and Adjustment to Information and Communication Technologies – Online Performances of Gender: Blogs, Gender-Bending, and Cybersex as Relational Exemplars – Digital Deception in Personal Relationships – Speculating about Spying on MySpace and Beyond: Social Network Surveillance and Obsessive Relational Intrusion – Problematic Youth Interactions Online: Solicitation, Harassment, and Cyberbullying.