Which type of facework do we engage in when we “save face” by working to improve others’ negative perceptions of us?

Which behavior is an example of direct perception checking?

Alexia and Wendell are the best of friends and people often say they are like twins. How will their similarities affect their communication relationship?

What term describes a judgment formed about someone before you know all the facts or background information?

To be a competent communicator is to express messages that are perceived to be both effective and __________.

Research has found that those who need to communicate something negative, such as a desire to end a relationship, often select a __________ communication medium.

Reilly has accidentally enrolled in a class that starts shortly after his other class, which is on the opposite side of the campus, ends. To save face, Reilly decides to email his professor to apologize in advance for being late to each session. Which type of facework does this best exemplify?

What statement best describes the findings of Tidwell and Walther about computer-mediated communication versus face-to-face interaction?

Lutherans, Baptists, and Methodists all belong to the same broad religious group called Christianity. Which concept does this exemplify?

Atira has just returned from spring break and is telling her friend Nida all about her great time. Nida has been very responsive to Atira’s story-laughing and nodding-but now has increased her eye contact, raised a finger, and shifted her posture. Nida’s nonverbal cues probably indicate that she __________.