Face-to-face interaction: Research, methods, and theory

Preface Part 1: Face-to-Face Interaction: The Research Area and Some Basic Issues 1. Introduction 2. Measurement Techniques and Research Strategies Part 2: Individual Differences in Brief Conversations 3. A Study of Individual Differences in Five-Minute Interactions 4. Descriptive Statistics and Group Differences 5. Relationships Between the Acts 6. Actions, Self-Descriptions, and Reactions 7. Overview and Critique of Our Studies of Act Scores Part 3: Studies of the Organisation of Face-to-Face Interaction 8. Presuppositions of Research Strategy 9. Data Generation 10. Preliminaries to Analysis 11. The Turn System Part 4: A Proposed Metatheory and Research Approach 12. A Metatheory for Face-to-Face Interaction 13. A Research Program for Face-to-Face Interaction. Appendices