Suggests that applicant impression management (AIM) is more harmful to employment interviewing than is currently suspected. Offers a conceptual model of AIM that is consistent with employment interviewing practice. Presents and critiques three arguments used to defend AIM. Examines a model for helping employers conduct interviews that minimize the…

Explores the design choices for Network Earth, a museum exhibit that introduced the general public to computer networks and related issues (and was designed by a team with no formal training). Notes that although the design process and general goals were similar to those at other sites studied and in the literature, certain practices differed…

Finds that cognitive jealousy is a more potent predictor of relational satisfaction than emotional jealousy, individuals using integrative communication and/or expression of negative affect to communicate jealousy are most likely to be satisfied with their relationships, and jealousy expression accounts for significantly more variance in…

Proposes and tests a measure for narrative coherence and fidelity. Finds that the Narrative Coherence and Fidelity Measure had satisfactory interitem Cronbach alpha reliabilities for both Coherence and Fidelity, and that Coherence and Fidelity scores predicted variance in the persuasiveness of oral and written narratives. (SR)

Finds that persons planning to deceive dating partners engaged in significantly more extensive planning and were significantly faster in assessing their plan's completeness than were persons whose targets were a friend or stranger; and that persons planning to deceive dating partners displayed more filled pauses as "relational costs"…

Reviews empirical research on nonverbal communication in the courtroom environment. Introduces a functional model that explicates the process whereby nonverbal signals of courtroom participants can influence a jury. Suggests that nonverbal communication has a role in five key areas. Presents several propositions that come from the research. Notes…

Suggests that, while the affective and behavioral dimensions of intercultural communication competence are related to international students' satisfaction with their communication skills, talking with American students was the single most important factor in perceptions of communication competency and adjusting to American life. (SR)

Investigates how argument structures are related to perceptions of communicators in conversational argument (viewed as convergence-seeking discourse represented in minimally rational structures). Finds that complex arguments are judged as appropriate in discussions of important topics, and overall are judged more favorable than simple arguments…

Recommends four research issues in technical communication with direct implications for both teaching and practice: using the outlining feature (offered by many word processing programs) in writing instruction; the consequences of contemporary guidelines for prose style; the psychology of intimidation and impatience in documentation; and text…

Reports on linguistic features and patterns of coherence in mild and advanced levels of discourse of Alzheimer's patients. Argues and demonstrates that, as the disease progresses, patients' discourse becomes "pregrammatical"--vocabulary-driven and reliant on meaning-based discourse features rather than grammatically based features.…

Compares self-reports of speech preparation activities by high and low public speaking apprehensive individuals. Finds that high communication apprehensives spent more time on non-communication-oriented activities and more time preparing their speeches but received lower grades than low apprehensives, while low communication apprehensives spent…

Uses think-aloud protocols to triangulate previous research on the cognitive editing of messages. Finds evidence for existence of all but one of Hample and Dallinger's editorial standards that arguers (undergraduate students) apply in deciding whether to suppress or produce an idea in persuasive discourse. Shows these editorial standards are used…

Uses United States and international students in a study exploring culture's effect on behaviors and outcomes in intercultural negotiation. Supports a "culture in context" perspective of negotiation that takes into account negotiator qualities, contextual and structural features of the negotiation, and mediating processes in addition to…

Investigates perceptions (of young, middle-aged and older adult participants) of control strategies (indirect, direct, or no control) used in conversation by a middle-aged woman confronting her daughter or her mother. Finds judgments of family control strategies were similar regardless of target of control; and none of the control strategies…

Finds that exposure to fat-character television, thin-ideal magazines, and sports magazines predicted eating-disorder symptomatology for adolescent females, especially older ones; exposure to fat-character television also predicted body dissatisfaction for younger males; and that relationships remain significant when selective exposure based on…