This is the first collection of readings on computer-mediated communication focusing
exclusively on interpersonal interactions. Examining messages exchanged via email Twitter
Facebook websites and blogs the authors analyze communication issues of ongoing importance
in relationships including deception disclosure identity influence perception privacy
sexual fidelity and social support. The book examines subjects that attract intense student
interest - including online performance of gender online dating and using computer-mediated
communication to achieve family work life balance - and will inspire further research and
course development in the area of computer-mediated communication in personal relationships.
Because it provides a synthesis of ideas at the nexus of interpersonal communication theory and
computer-mediated communication theory the book can serve as a textbook for advanced
undergraduate as well as graduate courses.
