Analyzes joke-telling trends from 1970-75 and emphasizes that such an analysis may yield a significant reflection of American life during this time period. (MH)

Discusses the development of a self-report measure of oral communication within an organizational environment and investigates whether or not oral communication apprehension in employment is related to general communication apprehension. (MH)

Investigates perceptions of the amount of interpersonal communication and attitudes towards communication frequency after the Trappist monk's rule of enforced silence and solitude was lifted in 1969. Concludes that increased interpersonal communication resulted in increased self-awareness and therefore more meaningful and effective silence. (MH)

It was concluded that neither the sex of the listener nor the interaction of sex of listeners and sex of speakers were of much consequence in determining the listening scores of the subjects of this experiment. (Author)

Studied one aspect of communication competency: how people express emotions through verbal behavior. Found, among other conclusions, that references to unpleasant emotions outnumber references to pleasant emotions almost two to one. (PD)