CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: Impact of Technology on Interpersonal Relationships Electronic Journal of Communication http://www.cios.org/www/ejcmain.htm We invite submissions for a special issue that will examine the ways in which new media technologies impact people's interpersonal identities and relationships -- positively and negatively. We define technology in the broadest sense to include social media and personal communications technologies such as cell phones, tablet computers, personal music players, and other devices. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, technology's relationship to or influences on: Relational identities Virtual relationships Online impression management Online intimacy initiation, escalation, maintenance, and termination The impact of being tethered to technology People's sense of isolation or community People's social skills Religious and spiritual life Interpersonal and intercultural relationships Relationship initiation and maintenance Personal relationships in public space Changes in empathic abilities Sex and gender expression Raising and maintaining relationships with children We welcome research essays that use qualitative and/or quantitative methodological tools. Potential contributors should send complete contact information (name, title, affiliation, home and work postal addresses and phone numbers, and email address) along with your manuscript to BOTH editors at vharvey@csustan.edu and Teresa.Housel@adjunct.openpolytechnic.ac.nz Manuscripts should use APA Style (6th edition) for in-text citations and reference list. Deadline for manuscript submission is Friday, October 30, 2015. We welcome your questions and inquiries about the special issue or about possible essays. Please address your concerns to the co-editors: Dr. Vickie L. Harvey, Professor of Communication, California State University, Stanislaus; VHarvey@csustan.edu; and Dr. Teresa Housel, Adjunct Faculty of Communication, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand; Teresa.Housel@adjunct.openpolytechnic.ac.nz. For complete call for papers, see: http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/calls/harvey.htm For EJC journal contents, see: http://www.cios.org/www/ejcmain.htm