Introduction. Introducing social approaches / Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz
Philosophical roots. Philosophical features of social approaches to interpersonal communication / John Stewart
Basic issues. Quantitative versus qualitative? / Janet Beavin Bavelas
Reflexivity, interpersonal communication, and interpersonal communication research / Frederick Steier
A sailing guide for social constructionists / W. Barnett Pearce
The politics of voice in interpersonal communication research / John W. Lannamann
Applications. Even if a thing of beauty, can a case study be a joy forever? A social constructionist approach to theory and research / Victoria Chen, W. Barnett Pearce
Re-relationalizing rapport in interpersonal settings / Jane Jorgenson
A role for communication theory in ethnographic studies of interpersonal communication / Donal Carbaugh, Sally O. Hastings
Order and continuity in human relationships. A social communication approach to defining "relationship" / Stuart J. Sigman
Telling and living. Narrative co-construction and the practices of interpersonal relationships / Arthur P. Bochner, Carolyn Ellis
Conclusion. Practical theory and the tasks ahead for social approaches to communication / Vernon E. Cronen.
