Communicating to Change the Human Condition
78th Annual Convention
April 2-6, 2008, Hyatt Regency Savannah, Georgia
THE CHANGE OF RELATIONSHIP CONDITIONS: LOVE, PERSUASION, AND
ARGUMENTATION
- SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
- CHAIR: RENEE EDWARDS, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
- "Exploring Sex as a Possible Predictor for Persuasive Efficacy in Situations With Romantic
Others." Richard I. Falvo, El Paso Community College
- "Quantifying the Language of Love: Further Scrutiny of The Five Love Languages." Kelli L.
Fellows, University of North Carolina-Wilmington; E. Stephen Daniel, Virginia Tech, Stephen J.
Madden, Costal Carolina University
- "A Conceptual Clarification of Argument Quality." Michael R. Kotowski, University of
Tennessee
- "Communication of Wants, Needs, and Desires: Reports from Individuals
Married Two to Seven Years." Susan I. Holt, University of Arkansas, Lynne M. Webb,
University of Arkansas, Megan L. Wilson, University of Arkansas
- RESPONDENT: MELISSA YOUNG SCHROEDER, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THE INTERPERSONAL CONDITION CHANGING COMMUNICATION
- SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
- CHAIR: ABBY M. BROOKS-FITZGERALD, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
- "Changing the Human Condition Through Personal Communication and Dispositional
Optimism." Jeanne Marie Bokina Christie, Manhattanville College
- "The Development and Application of a Classification Scheme of Advice Seekers'
Expectations." Sunkyung Kim, University of Alabama. Carol B. Mills, University of Alabama
- "Perceptions of the Aversiveness Teasing as a Function of Perceived Identity
Confrontation, Aggression, Ambiguity & Humor." Carrie M. Oliveira, East Tennessee State
University
- "Adolescent Use of ICQ vs. MSN for Developing Friendship Online: Considering Media
Richness and Presentational Control." Vivian Sheer, Hong Kong Baptist University
- RESPONDENT: MICHAEL I. ARRINGTON, UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
SCHOLARS ON THE RISE: TOP FOUR STUDENT PAPERS
- SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
- CHAIR: MARY BETH ASBURY, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
- "Old Allegiances New Bond: A Dialectical Tension Approach to Stepsibling
Relationships" Amy Muckleroy Carwile, University of Alabama
- "'No One Says I or Speaks to a You': Kierkegaard, Dialogue & Communication Theory"
Andrew F. Hermann, University of South Florida
- "The Enactment of Social Support Messages by Family Members in the Maintenance of
Weight" Shelly R. Hovick and Todd Lee Goen, University of Georgia
- "Report and Command: A Theory for Understanding the Negotiation of Conflict in Two
Division 1 Soccer Teams" Sarah T. McGhee, University of South Florida
- RESPONDENT: ANDREW C. TOLLISON, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
"BUILDING THEORETICAL BRIDGES TO UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN
CONDITION IN COMPLEX AND EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES"
- SPONSOR: INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DIVISION
- CHAIR: JIM TOWNS, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN UNIVERSITY
- "Coping in the Higher Education Workplace: Understanding Grief Recovery as a
Professor" Jim Towns, Stephen F. Austin State University
- "Using Mass Media Content to Facilitate the Expression of Grief" Charles F. Aust,
Kennesaw State University
- "Understanding Grief in Disaster Response Organizations: A synthesis of Grief Recovery
and Incidents Stress Management" R. Tyler Spradley, Texas A & M University
- RESPONDENT: LARRY KING, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN UNIVERSITY
