INTERPERSONAL AND GROUP COMMUNICATION

Faculty:

Frank Boster
Mary Bresnahan
Bill Donohue
Amanda Holmstrom
Carmen Lee
Tim Levine
Steve McCornack
Kelly Morrison
Hee Sun Park
Sandi Smith
Gwen Wittenbaum
Joe Walther

Rankings:

NCA #4  Interpersonal Communication and Small Group Doctoral Program Effectiveness
CIOS #1 Ranking: Deception
CIOS #1 Ranking: Conflict
CIOS Top 10 Specialty: Interpersonal Communication
CIOS Top 10 Specialty: Marriage and Intimacy
CIOS Top 10 Specialty: Nonverbal Communication
CIOS Top 10 Specialty: Small Group and Roles
CIOS Top 10 Specialty: Cognition
CIOS Top 10 Specialty: Conversation
CIOS Top 10 Specialty: Family Communication


Courses/Seminars:

Interpersonal Communication
Social Influence and Conflict Management
Leadership and Group Communication
Family Communication
Relational Communication
Nonverbal Communication
Pragmatics of Communication
Communication and Gender
Seminar in Interpersonal Communication
Codes and Code Systems
Dominance, Power and Control
Deception
Group Communication
Communication in Close Relationships
Intercultural Communication
The Dark Side of Interpersonal Communication
Fundamentals of Effective Teaching
Conflict and Risk Communication

Affiliations:

Health and Risk Communication Center
International Association of Relationship Researchers
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
International Association for Conflict Management
Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research
Western States Communication Association
International Association of Language and Social Psychology
MSU Center for the Study of Women and Gender in a Global Perspective
IPC e-Newsletter
 

Grants:

The Portrayal of Altruism on Television
Interactive Deception and its Detection
Credibility Assessment Research Initiative
Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research 2007 Conference”
Main journals that publish Interpersonal & Group research on which MSU faculty hold Editorial Board membership:
Communication Monographs
Human Communication Research
Communication Research
Journal of Communication
Small Group Research


Selected Publications

Aune, R.K., Levine, T.R., Park, H.S., Asada, K.J., & Banas, J.A. (2005). Tests of a theory of communicative responsibility. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24, 358-381.

Bisson, M.A., & Levine, T.R. (2007). Negotiating a friends with benefits relationship. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Bonito, J.A., Wittenbaum, G.M., & Hirokawa, R.Y. (in press). Small group communication. In M.B. Salwen & D.W. Stacks (Eds.), An integrated approach to communication theory and research (2nd Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Bresnahan, M.J. (2007). Instructors’ Manual: A Guide to Interpersonal Communication, Sixth Edition. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Bresnahan, M.J., Kagawa, N., Song, J.A., & Inoue, Y.  (2006). Players and whiners: Responses to the depiction of gender In Japanese anime. Asian Journal of Communication, 16, 207-217.

Burleson, B.R., Holmstrom, A.J., & Gilstrap, C.M. (2005). "Guys can't say that to guys": Four studies assessing the normative motivation account for sex differences in the provision of emotional support. Communication Monographs, 72, 468-501.

Dailey, R.M., Lee, C.M., & Spitzberg, B.H. (2007). Communicative aggression: Toward a more interactional view of psychological abuse. In B.H. Spitzberg & W.R. Cupach (Eds.), The dark side of interpersonal communication (2nd ed., pp. 297-326). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Donohue, W.A. (2007). Methods, milestones, and models: State of the art in conflict analysis research. Negotiation Journal, 23, 487-497.

Donohue, W.A. (2006). Managing interpersonal conflict: The mediation promise. In John Oetzel and Stella Ting-Toomey (Ed’s.), The Sage handbook of conflict communication (pp. 211-234). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Donohue, W.A., & Taylor, P.J. (2006) Lessons from hostage negotiation. In Andrea Kupfer Schneider and Christopher Honeyman (Ed’s.), The negotiator's fieldbook. New York: The American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution.

Donohue, W.A., & Taylor, P.J. (2007). Role effects in negotiation: The one-down phenomenon. Negotiation Journal, 23, 307-331.

Duff, D.C., Levine, T.R., Beatty, M.J., Woobright, J, & Park, H.S. (2007). Testing Public Anxiety Treatments against a Credible Placebo Control. Communication Education, 56, 72-88.

Ferrara, M.H., & Levine, T.R. (2009). Can’t live with them or can’t live without them?: The effects of betrayal on relational outcomes in college dating relationships. Communication Quarterly. (Accepted for publication).

Ferris, A.L., Smith, S.W., Greenberg, B.S., & Smith, S.L. (2007). The content of reality dating shows and viewer perceptions of dating. Journal of Communication, 57, 490-510.

Hatfield, E., Singelis, T., Levine, T., Bachman, G., Muto, K., & Choo, P. (2007). Love schemas, preferences in romantic partners, and reactions to commitment. Interpersona, 1, 1-24.

Goei, R., & Boster, F.J. (2005). The roles of obligation and gratitude in explaining the effect of favors on compliance. Communication Monographs, 72, 284-300.

Gudykunst, W.B., Lee, C.M., Nishida, T., & Ogawa, N. (2005). Theorizing about intercultural communication: An introduction. In W. B. Gudykunst (Ed.), Theorizing about intercultural communication (pp. 3-32). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Hollingshead, A.B., Wittenbaum, G.M., Paulus, P.B., Hirokawa, R., Ancona, D.G., Peterson, R.S., Jehn, K.A., & Yoon, K. (2005). A look at groups from the functional perspective. In M.S. Poole and A.B. Hollingshead (Eds.) Theories of small group research: Interdisciplinary perspectives (pp. 21-62). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Holmstrom, A.J. (in press). The influence of biological sex and psychological gender on evaluations of communication skills for same-sex and cross-sex friends. Communication Quarterly.

Holmstrom, A.J., Burleson, B.R., & Jones, S.M. (2005). Some consequences for helpers who deliver "cold comfort": Why it's worse for women than men to be inept when providing emotional support. Sex Roles, 53, 153-172.

Hughes, M., Morrison, K., & Asada, K.J.K. (2005). What's love got to do with it? Exploring the impact of maintenance rules, love attitudes, and network support on friends with benefits relationships. Western Journal of Communication, 69, 49-66.

Lee, C.M., & Gudykunst, W.B. (2005). It’s nice to make your acquaintance…again. Review of the book Culture consequences: Comparing values, behaviors, institutions, and organizations across nations. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 26, 265-267.

Levine, T.R., Asada, K.J.K., & Park, H.S. (2006). The lying chicken and the fidgeting egg: Eye contact, deception, and causal order. Southern Communication Journal, 71, 401-411.

Levine, T.R., Aune, K.S., & Park, H.S. (2006). Love styles and communication in relationships: Partner preferences, initiation, and intensification. Communication Quarterly, 54, 1-22.

Levine, T.R., Kim, R.K., Park, H.S., & Hughes, M. (2006). Deception detection accuracy is a predictable linear function of message veracity base-rate: A formal test of Park and Levine’s probability model. Communication Monographs, 73, 243-260.

McCornack, S.A. (2008). Information manipulation theory: Explaining how deception works.  In Baxter, L.A. & Braithwaite, D.O. (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication: Multiple perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

McCornack, S.A. (2007). Reflect & Relate: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.

Morrison, K. (2005). Motivating women and men to take protective action against rape: Examining direct and indirect persuasive fear appeals. Health Communication, 18, 237-256.

Park, H. S. (2008). The effect of shared cognition on group satisfaction and performance: Politeness and efficiency in group interaction. Communication Research, 35, 88-108.

Park, H.S., Levine, T.R., Kingsley Westerman, C.Y., Orfgen, T., & Foregger, S. (2007). The effects of involvement type and argument quality on attitude formation and attitude change. Human Communication Research, 33, 81-102.

Park, H. S., & Park, M. (2008). Multilevel effects of conflict management preferences on satisfaction with group processes. International Journal of Conflict Management, 18, 57-71.

Raile, A.N.W, Kim, R.K., Choi, J., Serota, K., Park, H.S., & Lee, D.W. (2008). Connections at work: How friendship networks relate to job satisfaction. Communication Research Reports, 25.

Reisdorff E.J., Hughes, M.J., Fediuk, T.A., Donohue, W.A., Carlson, D.J., Castanada, C., and Hughes, W.P. (2006) Developing a valid evaluation of the general competency of interpersonal and communication skills (abstract). Academy of Emergency Medicine, 12, 63.

Reisdorff, E.J., Hughes, M.J., Castenada, C., Carlson, D.J., Donohue, W.A., Fediuk, T.A., & Hughes, W.P. (2006). Developing a valid evaluation for interpersonal and communication skills. Academic Emergency Medicine, 30, 1-6.

Richardson, R.M., & Smith, S.W. (2007). The Influence of High/Low Context Culture and Power Distance on Choice of Communication Media: Students’ Media Choice to Communicate with Professors in Japan and America. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2007.01.002.

Smith, S.L., Smith, S.W., Pieper, K.M., Downs, E., Yoo, J., Ferris, A., Bowden, B., & Butler, M.C. (Accepted for publication). Conceptualizing altruism on American Television: The development of a content coding scheme. In S. Sprecher, L.Underwood, and B. Fehr (Eds.), The Science of Compassionate Love: Research, Theory, and Application. Blackwell Publishers.

Smith, S.W., Lindsey, L.L.M., Kopfman, J.E., Yoo, J., & Morrison, K. (in press). Predictors of engaging in family discussion about organ donation and getting organ donor cards witnessed. Health Communication.

Smith, S.W., Smith, S.L., Pieper, K.M., Yoo, J.H, Ferris, A., Downs, E., & Bowden, B. (2006). Altruism on American television: Examining the prevalence of, and context surrounding, such acts. Journal of Communication, 56, 707-727.

Smith, S.W., & Wilson, S.R. (forthcoming). New directions in interpersonal communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Smith, S.W., Yoo, J., Farr, A.C., Salmon, C.T. & Miller, V.D. (2007). The Influence of Sex of Student and Instructor on Student Ratings of Instructors: Results from a College of Communication. Women’s Studies in Communication, 30, 64-77.

Smith, S.W., Yoo, J.H., & Walther, J.B. (in press). Self presentation. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The Blackwell international encyclopedia of communication. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Tong, S.T., Van Der Heide, B., Langwell, L., & Walther, J.B. (in press). Too much of a good thing? The relationship between number of friends and interpersonal impressions on Facebook. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Walther, J.B. (in press). Personal communication via CMC. In W. Donsbach (Ed.), The Blackwell international encyclopedia of communication. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.

Walther, J.B. (in press). The social information processing theory of computer-mediated communication. In L. Baxter & D. O. Braithwaite (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Walther, J.B. (2007). Selective self-presentation in computer-mediated communication: Hyperpersonal dimensions of technology, language, and cognition. Computers in Human Behavior, 23, 2538-2557.

Walther, J.B. (2006). Nonverbal dynamics in computer-mediated communication, or : ( and the net : (‘s with you, : ) and you : ) alone. In V. Manusov & M. L. Patterson (Eds.), Handbook of nonverbal communication (pp. 461-479). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Walther, J.B., & Bazarova, N. (in press). Validation and application of electronic propinquity theory to computer-mediated communication in groups. Communication Research.

Walther, J. B., & Bunz, U. (2005). The rules of virtual groups: Trust, liking, and performance in computer-mediated communication.  Journal of Communication, 55, 828-846.

Walther, J.B., Loh, T., & Granka, L. (2005). Let me count the ways: The interchange of verbal and nonverbal cues in computer-mediated and face-to-face affinity. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 24, 36-65.

Walther, J.B., & Ramirez Jr., A. (forthcoming). New technologies and new directions in online relating. In S.W. Smith & S.R. Wilson (Eds.), New directions in interpersonal communication. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Walther, J.B., Van Der Heide, B., Kim, S., Westerman, D., & Tong, S.T. (2008). The role of friends’ behavior on evaluations of individuals’ Facebook profiles: Are we known by the company we keep? Human Communication Research, 34, 28-49.

Wang, Z., Walther, J.B., Pingree, S., & Hawkins, R. (in press). Health information, credibility, homophily, and influence via the Internet: Web sites versus discussion groups. Health Communication.

Westerman, D.K., Van Der Heide, B., Klein, K.A., & Walther, J.B. (in press). How do people really seek information about others? Information seeking across Internet and traditional communication sources. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Wittenbaum, G.M., & Bowman, J.M. (2005). Member status and information exchange in decision-making groups. In E.A. Mannix, M.A. Neale, & M.C. Thomas-Hunt (Eds.), Research on managing groups and teams: Status and groups. (pp. 143-168). Elsevier Press: London, England.