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Lifespan communication: children, families, and aging ; vol. 10

Foreword / MARK ORBE

Acknowledgments

Introduction: a contextual perspective of the dark side of human communication / ELETRA S. GILCHRIST-PETTY

Context 1: The dark side of interpersonal communication

Unlimited: ostracism's potential to awaken us to possibility and mystery / KATIE M. STRILEY

"They don't get it, and I don't want to try to explain IT to them" : perceptions of support messages for individuals bereaved by the death of a parent or sibling / ERIN BASINGER AND ERIN WEHRMAN

On sexualization and attraction : a communication "dark" side / D. L. STEPHENSON

Didn't expect you to hurt me this way : a typology of hurtful events in dating and marital relationships / ELETRA S. GILCHRIST-PETTY

Student-sourced verbal aggression on teaching evaluations / FELECIA F. JORDAN-JACKSON

Context 2: The dark side of organizational communication

Workplace bullying : U.S. academic managers' intervention strategies / SUSAN L. THEISS AND LYNNE M. WEBB

Defamation, public persecution, and death threats : characterizing retaliation against whistle-blowers / BRIAN K. RICHARDSON AND DIANNE GRAVELY

"A cat fight in the office" : the use of gossip as a means of resource control / FALON KARTCH AND KATHLEEN S. VALDE

Dispelling darkness through dialogue in discrimination crises : learning diversity lessons the hard way / DONYALE R. GRIFFIN PADGETT, MELVIN GUPTON, AND IDRISSA N. SNIDER

Microaggressive communication in organizational settings / SHAWN D. LONG, HALEY WONZNYJ, MARCUS J. COLEMAN, AMIN MAKKAWY, AND CALVIN SPIVEY

Hazing as a tool of destructive organizational identification and loyalty / CRESHEMA R. MURRAY AND KENON A. BROWN

Context 3: The dark side of health communication

Exploring the dark side of social support among african americans with prostate cancer / JASON THOMPSON, ROCKELL BROWN-BURTON, AND DEVLON JACKSON

"My doctor ruined my entire birthing experience" : a qualitative analysis of Mexican-American women's birth struggles with health care providers / LEANDRA H. HERNANDEZ

Body politics' strategies for inclusiveness : a case study of the national breast cancer coalition / ANNETTE MADLOCK GATISON

Being detained : time, space, and intersubjectivity in long-term solitary confinement / MICHAEL P. VICARO

Context 4: The dark side of computer mediated communication

Catfished : disenfranchised grief of the never-existed / TRISHA K. HOFFMAN AND JOCELYN M. DEGROOT

I heard it through the grapevine : how organizational rumors impact interpersonal relationships via traditional and CMC channels / STACIE W. MUMPOWER AND MEGAN BASSICK

"I regret nothing" : cyberbullying and prosocial influence in the first-person shooter game / KIMBERLY L. KULOVITZ AND EDWARD A. MABRY

Past abuse, cyberstalking, and help-seeking behavior / ELAINE L. DAVIES

How do computer-mediated channels negatively impact existing interpersonal relationships? / AMY J. JOHNSON, ERYN BOSTWICK, AND CHRIS ANDERSON

Context 5: the dark side of blended communication contexts

"The more things change" : technologically-mediated abuse of intimate partner violence victims / JESSICA J. ECKSTEIN

Turbulence, turmoil, and termination : the dark side of social networking sites for romantic relationships / JESSE FOX AND COURTNEY ANDEREGG

Shedding light on dark structures constraining work/family balance : a structurational approach / JENNY DIXON AND COREY J. LIBERMAN

"The serial-killer application" : email overload and the dark side of communication technology in the workplace / ASHLEY BARRETT

Epilogue

Shawn d. long

Biographies

Index.