COMM 300 - Interpersonal Communication Theory

Course Instructor: Ron Wright
New Technologies Consultant: Mary Flores

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* Relationship Development

Social Penetration Theory - Irwin Altman & Dalmas Taylor

Lecture Notes

Payoff Matricies and Social Exchange Theory: Example from a past exam question

Web Links

Social Exchange Theory: A chapter from earlier edition of Em Griffin's book

The Prisoner's Dilemma: To help you think about payoff matrices and social exchange you might like to try your hand at playing a two-person game that has become very famous: The Prisoner's Dilemma. Can you draw the payoff matrix for this game as described?

"The Communication Field Profits from Social Exchange Theory Use": Paper by Stephen D. Pollock, University of Delaware

Social Exchange Theory: Student project, Ohio University

Social Penetration Theory Web Page: Student project at Ohio University

Social Penetration Theory : Notes from a course at Iowa State University

Applying the Theory

*CyberFusion*: Thesis applying social penetration theory to computer-mediated communication by Elisabeth Byrne (1994), University of Western Sydney, Australia

Making Friends in Cyberspace: Parks and Floyd: Social exchange theory applied to development of online friendships

http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~comm300/mary/interpersonal/social_penetration.html