Acknowledgments

About the Contributors

Introduction: Case Studies in the Classroom

Part I: Communication and Social Media Case Studies Across Personal Relationships

Case Study 1: ''She Posted About Him Again?'' Social Media Jealousy and Conflict in Romantic Relationships
Jenna McNallie & Patricia E. Gettings

Case Study 2: ''Are you okay?'' Online Harassment and Cyberstalking
Bianca Batti & Jasmine R. Linabary

Case Study 3: Creating, Maintaining, and Navigating Interpersonal Relationships: Using Multiple Computer-Mediated Channels
Sarah Beach

Case Study 4: Facing Today: Examining Social Media Use in Developing Relationships
Samantha Dunn & Dakota C. Horn

Case Study 5: Facebook Status and Social Feedback: Dating With, Coming Out, and Checking On
John Marc Cuellar

Case Study 6: When You Don't See the Sign, Do You Push or Pull the Door? Understanding Computer-Mediated Communication and Long-Distance Intimate Partners from an Attachment Theory Perspective
Elizabeth M. Jenkins

Case Study 7: Out Online: Exploring LGBTQ Identity Through Mediated Friendship
Valerie Rubinsky

Case Study 8: Black Lives Matter, too: Creating a Movement through Facebook
Clarissa T. Williams

Case Study 9: Breaking Up the BAND: Group Communication and Social Media
Melissa Rizzo Weller

Case Study 10: The Modality Switch Effect: Public Grief Online, Social Support Offline
Jocelyn M. DeGroot & Heather J. Carmack

Case Study 11: Recognizing Warning Signs and Helping Someone in Crisis: Suicide Ideation on Facebook
Lauren Eubanks Pollard

Case Study 12: The Curious Nature of Support in Online Support Communities
Jeanine W. Turner, Mark L. Cabling, Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza, &
Vanessa B. Sheppard

Case Study 13: #mommywars: Exploring Group Membership, Social Support, and Conflict among Subgroups of Mothers on Facebook
Jessalyn I. Vallade, Renee Kaufmann, & Kelly G. Odenweller

Case Study 14: Bridging the Digital Divide to Stay in Touch with Grandparents: Communication with Intergenerational Relatives When Away at College
Sharon Storch & Anna V. Ortiz Juarez-Paz

Case Study 15: Social Media by Different Generations: Cultural and Economic Aspects
Do Kyun Kim & Alice C. Ferguson

Case Study 16: Trouble in Paradise: Maintaining Relationships in Geographically Dispersed Families
Patricia E. Gettings & Jenna McNallie

Case Study 17: Basking in Reflected Glory (BIRG) & Cutting off Reflected Failure (CORF): A Look at Behavioral Patterns in Response to the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Alexandria S. Jenkins

Case Study 18: Student Academic Support: Connecting Across Modes of Communication
Blair Thompson & Cathryn Ellis

Case Study 19: Fight of the Century: Parasocial Relationships & Affective Disposition Theory
Gregory A. Cranmer & Nicholas D. Bowman

Case Study 20: Sports Identity: Making Sports Connections Through Online Fantasy Play
Colby Lanham

Part II: Communication and Social Media Case Studies Across Professional Relationships

Case Study 21: Mutual Screening: Implications for Applicants and Employers in the Digital Age
Gavin Kirkwood & Holly J. Payne

Case Study 22: To Connect or Not to Connect? Professional Networks and Social Media
Michelle Fetherston

Case Study 23: Professor Twitter Use and Student Impression Formation: The Warranting Value of Professor Social Media
Cathlin V. Clark-Gordon & Nicholas D. Bowman

Case Study 24: Self-Disclosure Through Social Media and its Influence Beyond Graduation
Jessica G. Owens

Case Study 25: Teacher Self-Disclosure, Politics, and Student Discomfort
Anna M. Wright & Brian M. Rohman

Case Study 26: Marketing or Manipulation?: The College Decision-Making Process for International Students
Madeline A. Rafi

Case Study 27: Crisis on Campus: Influence, Activism, and Dialogue Through Social Media
Brandon C. Boatwright

Case Study 28: False School Shooting: Utilizing Social Media and Sense-Making Theory as an Outlet to Distress on a College Campus
Vanessa M. Vaccaro

Case Study 29: Social Media in the Workplace: A Space for Escape
Kathryn B. Staggs

Case Study 30: Lilly Pulitzer and the Limited Edition Water Bottles: Instagram and the Wants of the Consumer
Christa Kettlewell

Case Study 31: Social Media on the Golf Course: A Need For Future Facilities
Mitchell Smith