Fall 2012
Communication Studies 311: Relational Communication
Instructor: Mark V. Redmond
294-0183
Reading List
mredmond@iastate.edu
1. Weber, K., Goodboy, A. K., & Cayanus, J. L. (2010). Flirting competence: An experimental study of
appropriate and effective opening lines. Communication Research Reports, 27 (2), 184-191.
2. Zhang, S. and Merolla, A. J. (2006). Communicating dislike of close friends’ romantic partners.
Communication Research Reports, 23 (3 ), 179-186.
3. Johnson, A. J., Wittenberg, E., Villagran, E. M., Mazur, M., & Villagran, P. (2003). Relational progression
as a dialectic: Examining turning points in communication among friends. Communication Monographs, 70,
230-249.
4. Mongeau, P. A., Jacobsen, J. and Donnerstein, C. (2007 ). Defining dates and first date goals: Generalizing
from undergraduates to single adults. Communication Research, 34, 526-547.
5. Bisson, M. A., & Levine, T. R. (2009). Negotiating a friends with benefits relationship. Archives of Sexual
Behavior, 38, 66-73.
6. Jiang, L. C., Bazarova, N.N. & Hancock, J. T. (2010). The disclosure-intimacy link in computer-mediated
communication: An attributional extension of the hyperpersonal model. Human Communication Research, 37,
58-77.
7. Hendrickson, B. & Goei, R. (2009). Reciprocity and dating: Explaining the effects of favor and status on
compliance with a date request. Communication Research, 36, 585-608.
8. Alexander, L. (2008). Relationship resources for coping with unfulfilled standards in dating relationships:
Commitment, satisfaction, and closeness. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 25, 725–747.
9. Wildermuth, S. M. and Vogl-Bauer, S. (2007 ). We met on the net: Exploring the perceptions of online
romantic relationship participants. Southern Communication Journal, 72, 211-228.
10. Duran, R. L., Kelly, L. & Rotaru, T. (2011). Mobile phones in romantic relationships and the dialectic of
autonomy versus connection. Communication Quarterly, 59, 19-36.
11. Stafford, L. and Merolla, A. J. (2007 ). Idealization, reunions, and stability in long-distance dating
relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 24, 37-54.
12. Dunleavy, K. N. & Booth-Butterfield, M. (2009). Idiomatic communication in the stages of coming
together and falling apart. Communication Quarterly, 57 (4), 416-432.
13. Guerrero, L.K. & Bachman, G. F. (2010). Forgiveness and forgiving communication in dating
relationships: An expectancy-investment explanation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 801823
14. Perilloux, C. and Buss, D. M. (2008 ). Breaking up romantic relationships: Costs experienced and coping
strategies deployed. Evolutionary Psychology, 6, 164-181.
15. Burns, M.E. & Pearson, J. C. (2011). An exploration of family communication environment, everyday
talk, and family satisfaction. Communication Studies, 62, 171-185.