Jordan Soliz

Perceived Understanding as a Mediator of Perceived Teacher Confirmation and Students' Ratings of Instruction.

This study tested two theoretical models of perceived understanding as a potential mediator of perceived teacher confirmation and students’ ratings of instruction. Participants included 651 undergraduate students who completed survey measures. Results of structural equation modeling provided greater support for the confirmation process model, whereby students’ perceived understanding partially mediated the effects of perceived teacher confirmation on both teacher credibility and evaluations. Further, perceived teacher confirmation accounted for 64% of the variance in perceived understanding, and both confirmation and understanding accounted for 70% and 72% of the variances in teacher evaluations and credibility, respectively. Among the more important implications of this research is the finding that confirming behaviors have both direct and indirect effects on students’ ratings of instruction.

CAT on Trial

Most people modify their ways of speaking, writing, texting, and e-mailing, and so on, according to the people with whom they are communicating. This fascinating book asks why we accommodate to others in this way, and explores the various social consequences arising from it. Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT), revised and elaborated over the past 40 years, has been applied to a wide range of situations, from families to courtrooms, and from media to hospitals, by means of diverse methodologies in many disciplines, and across numerous languages and cultures. Bringing together a team of experts, this book demonstrates how the theory can help us towards a greater understanding of interpersonal communication in a multitude of contexts. Finally, it examines the principles of the theory, identifying a range of avenues along which research can move forward in future. A fascinating account of how and why we modify our way of speaking, texting, and e-mailing, and so on, according to the people with whom we are communicating. An invaluable resource for those already invoking Communication Accommodation Theory in their work, and for those yet to realize its potential. Furthers our understanding of interpersonal communication, and is of real significance to those studying new applied contexts, from families to courtrooms, and from media to hospitals.

Re)conceptualizing Intercultural Communication in a Networked Society

We offer four theses about how intercultural communication is altered in a digitally networked era. Digital media shape intercultural communication by (1) producing new public fora capable of (2) hosting rich, multimodal “spaces” of contact on (3) a scale of many-to-many communication that (4) challenges traditional modes of representation.

Handbook of Instructional Communication : Rhetorical and Relational Perspectives

Preface. I. FOUNDATIONS. 1. Foundations of Instructional Communication. Timothy P. Mottet Steven A. Beebe 2. Instructional Communication: The Historical Perspective. James C. McCroskey Linda L. McCroskey II. RHETORICAL PERSPECTIVES. 3. Understanding the Audience, Student Communication Traits. James C. McCroskey Virginia P. Richmond 4. Understanding the Source: Teacher Credibility and Aggressive Communication Traits. Scott A. Myers Matthew M. Martin 5. Instructional Message Variables. Joseph L. Chesebro Melissa Bekelja Wanzer 6. Teachers Influence Messages. K. David Roach Virginia P. Richmond Timothy P. Mottet III. RELATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. 7. Students Influence Messages. Timothy P. Mottet Steven A. Beebe Cathy Fleuriet 8. Teacher Immediacy and the Teacher-Student Relationship. Virginia P. Richmond Derek R. Lane James C. McCroskey 9. Teacher and Student Affinity-Seeking in the Classroom. Ann Bainbridge Frymier Melissa Bekelja Wanzer 10. College Teacher Misbehaviors. Mary B. McPherson Patricia Kearney Timothy G. Plax 11. Student Resistance. Patricia Kearney Timothy G. Plax Mary B. McPherson IV. RESEARCH, THEORY, AND ASSESSMENT. 12. Conducting Instructional Communication Research. James C. McCroskey Linda L. McCroskey 13. Theorizing About Instructional Communication. Timothy P. Mottet Ann Bainbridge Frymier Steven A. Beebe 14. Assessing Instructional Communication. Timothy P. Mottet Virginia P. Richmond James C. McCroskey

Research commentary: Evolving caregiving roles and relationships

Foreword: Anita Vangelisti * A New Frontier for Family Communication Studies: Parent-Child-Societal Communication Thomas J. Socha and Glen H. Stamp Section 1: Childcare & Education * Connecting Two Worlds of Childhood: How Do Parents, Childcare Providers, and Children Communicate? Daniel J. Weigel and Sally S. Martin * Kids, Parents, and Organization: Cooperation and Conflict in a Child Development Center Culture. John C. Meyer * The Interface of HOME-work and Low Wage Maternal Employment. Michelle Miller-Day and Tara McManus * School, Home, and Homework. Leah Wingard * Commentary: Childcare and Education Relationships Julie Yingling Section 2: Health & Wellness * When Your Child is in Crisis: Navigating Medical Needs with Issues of Privacy Management Ashley Duggan and Sandra Petronio * The Role of Communication in Child-Parent-Provider Interaction in a Childrens Mental Health System of Care. Christine S. Davis, Norin Dollard, and Keren S. Vergon * Early Intervention or Early Imposition: A Bona Fide Group Perspective Analysis of the Parent-Child-Early Intervention Relationship. Carol B. Mills and Kasey L Walker * Parent-Talk and Sport Participation: Interaction Between Parents, Children, and Coaches Regarding Level of Play in Sports. Paul Turman, Angela Zimmerman, and Brett Dobesh * Coaching Your Own Child: An Exploration of Dominance and Affiliation in Parent-Child Communication in the Public Sphere. Robert S. Littlefield and Cindy Larson-Casselton * Commentary: Communication and Family Health & Wellness Relationships Gary Kreps Section 3: Parent-Child-Society Relationships and Media * Powerful Media Tools: Arming parents with strategies to affect childrens interactions with commercial interests. Erica Weintraub Austin, Stacey J. T. Hust, and Michelle E. Kistler * Finding Adolescents through Cyberspace: Youth Workers, Teenagers, and Instant Messaging. Peggy Kendall 15. Response to Family Crisis: Mood Disorders, Supportive Listening, and the Telephone Helpline Volunteer. Barbara A. Penington and Raymond D. Baus 16. Commentary: Parent-Child-Societal Relationships and Media Jennings Bryant Section 4: Evolving Caregiving Roles and Relationships 17. When the World Comes Home: Examining Internal and External Influences on Communication Exchanges between Parents and Their Boomerang Children Sally Vogl-Bauer 18. Stepfamilies Interfacing Outside the Home: Barriers to Stepparent/stepchild Communication with Educational, Medical, and Legal personnel. Amy J. Johnson, Elizabeth A. Craig, Michel M. Haigh, Eileen S. Gilchrist, Lindsey T. Lane, and Nakia S. Welch 19. Interactions Between Gay and Lesbian Foster Parents, the Children Placed in their Home, and the Surrounding Community. Dennis Grady Patrick and John Palladino 20. Commentary: Communication and Evolving Caregiving Roles & Relationships Dawn O. Braithwaite and Jordan Soliz Epilogue Kathleen M. Galvin