If you blog about your eating disorder and visit websites where you offer support to others with the same malady, you are using social media as a means of

Perhaps your relational partner is looking at his phone when he says, with little emotion, “Of course, I’m listening.” Your partner’s nonverbal communication is acting as a contradiction.

In communication privacy management (CPM) theory, stipulations for specifically who can access a person’s private information are classified as

Uses and gratifications theorists view social media as negative.

Julie speaks more loudly than most of her friends. This is a description of Julie’s

You see a classmate at a shopping mall. When you wave to the person, she smiles and then approaches you. She shakes your hand and then embraces you. You might conclude that she feels relationally close to you.

Which of the following options is NOT a reason why women are considered a co-culture in the United States?

Philip and Che watch the evening news together every night, and they routinely view television programs that deal with events all over the world. It is likely that they will be more sensitive than most people are to other cultures.

Amabel told Menchie not to share a link to her personal information on a social media account without asking her first, but Menchie posted the link on a public forum anyway. This is an example of

Strategies for improving verbal communication include all of the following EXCEPT