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It was in a textbook for a communications class I was teaching (ironically) - not a great textbook, but I think almost any communications textbook will reveal the same insights. Relevant search terms: "relational maintenance," "self-presentation," and "instrumental goals."

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Whoa, I had not heard about such a petition. Here's wikipedia on the issue.

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