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Human Communication: The Basic Course: International Edition de Joseph A. Devito

Human Communication: The Basic Course: International Edition

Autor Joseph A. Devito
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 ian 2008
Human Communication: The Basic Course surveys the broad field of human communication, giving attention to theory, research, and skill development. This book provides an in-depth look at the concepts, principles, and skills of human communication, emphasizing public speaking, interpersonal communication, and small group communication.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780205618163
ISBN-10: 0205618162
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 216 x 276 mm
Greutate: 1.03 kg
Ediția:11Nouă
Editura: Pearson Education
Colecția Pearson Education
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States

Cuprins

Part One. Foundations of Human Communication 
1.       Preliminaries to Human Communication 
2.       Culture and Communication
3.       The Self and Perception
4.       Listening in Human Communication
5.       Verbal Messages 
6.       Nonverbal Messages
 
Part Two. Interpersonal, Small Group Communication, and Organizational Communication 
7.       Interpersonal Communication: Conversation 
8.       Interpersonal Relationship Stages and Theories 
9.       Friends, Lovers, and Families
10.     Small Group Communication        
11.     Members and Leaders
12.     Interpersonal and Small Group Conflict
13.     Human Communication in the Workplace: Organizational Communication
 
Part Three. Public Speaking
14.     Public Speaking Topics, Audiences, and Research 
15.     Supporting and Organizing Your Speech 
16.     Style and Presentation in Public Speaking 
17.     The Informative Speech 
18.     The Persuasive Speech
19.     The Special Occasion Speech
 
Glossary of Human Communication Concepts
Glossary of Human Communication Skills
Bibliography
Index

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Caracteristici

  • An entire unit devoted to cultural and gender issues explains the ways culture and gender influence communication, and integrated coverage throughout the text relates cultural and gender issues to all aspects of human communication.
  • Helpful boxed features raise awareness about current communication issues, enhancing students' understanding and application of communication and allowing them to enrich their experience in the course:
    • "Understanding Theory and Research" boxes allow students to easily digest communication theory and research and apply it to key topics.
    • "Building Communication Skills" boxes enable students to develop the skills needed to communicate effectively.
    •  “Ask the Researcher” boxes feature nationally and internationally known theorists and researchers who respond to typical questions students would ask about the practical applications of human communication.
    • "Media Watch" boxes focus on the skills of media literacy.
    • "Reflections on Ethics" boxes address ethical principles and encourage the development of an ethical foundation for human communication.
    •  “Public Speaking Sample Assistant” boxes present sample speeches and outlines with suggestions for critical analysis.  This feature offers both well-constructed and poorly-constructed examples of speeches and outlines to show students specific examples of what to do and what to avoid.
  • Six full units devoted to Public Speaking help students develop the skills needed for informative, persuasive, and special occasion speaking.
  • Interactive pedagogy — including self-tests, critical thinking questions, key terms, and summary statements — enables students to practice concepts learned in each unit.
  • Extensive technology supplements enable the integration of technology into all aspects of the course.
    • MyCommunicationLab (www.mycommunicationlab.com) — An interactive and instructive online solution for introduction to communication courses that combines multimedia, video, research support, tests, and quizzes to make teaching and learning fun.
    • Author’s blog (http://tcbdevito.blogspot.com/) — A forum for anyone interested in interpersonal communication, the fundamentals of communication, or public speaking. Promotes author-instructor-student interaction and includes updated text material with references to new research studies and new exercises. The author updates regularly and responds to comments and questions.

Caracteristici noi

  • A new unit,Human Communication in the Workplace: Organizational Communication, introduces the expanding area of organizational communication and covers the nature of organizations, organizational messages, and organizational relationships.
  • A new unit,The Special Occasion Speech, provides guidance on a wide variety of special occasion speeches.
  • A newstreamlined unit structure: Units 1 (preliminaries) and 2 (principles) of the previous edition have been combined into one unit (Unit 1, Preliminaries to Human Communication). Similarly, Units 4 (Perception) and Unit 6 (the Self) have been combined into one unit (Unit 3, Perception and the Self).
  • A separate 102-page book, The Interviewing Guidebook (available as a package option with the text) covers the principles and skills of informative and employment interviews.
  • Expanded coverage of interpersonal relationships (Units 8 and 9) extends discussion of the major relationships and their types (friendship, love, and family) and includes a new section onthe Dark Side of Interpersonal Relationships as well as a new self-test on violence in relationships.
  • Refocused Media Watch boxes stress understanding of mass communication and the skills of media literacy.
  • Enhanced discussion ofthe myths of human communication - about communication generally and about listening, leadership, conflict, and public speaking- enables students to think more clearly and more critically about human communication, its theories and its skills.
  • Revised discussions ofinformative and persuasive speech types include explanations of developing thesis, main points, support, and organization.
  • Enlarged photo program features new interior photos accompanied by communication dilemmas that ask “What do you say?” These photos relate the content of the chapter to a wide variety of specific communication situations.
  • Many new and revised boxed features include updated information with even more practical and relevant examples.