Contents: J.M. Wiemann, J.A. Daly, Introduction: Getting Your Own Way. C.R. Berger, K. Kellerman, Acquiring Social Information. M.J. Cody, D.J. Canary, S.W. Smith, Compliance-Gaining Goals: An Inductive Analysis of Actors' Goal Types, Strategies, and Successes. J.J. Bradac, J.M. Wiemann, K. Schaefer, The Language of Control in Interpersonal Communication. J.A. Daly, P.O. Kreiser, Affinity Seeking. B.R. Burleson, Comforting Messages: Features, Functions, and Outcomes. A.L. Sillars, W.W. Wilmot, Communication Strategies in Conflict and Mediation. D.B. Buller, J.K. Burgoon, Deception: Strategic and Nonstrategic Communication. W.B. Gudykunst, B.'J.' Hall, Strategies for Effective Communication and Adaptation in Intergroup Contexts. M.L. Patterson, Strategic Functions of Nonverbal Exchange.