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.