Communication in Everyday Life
A Survey of Communication
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
1 629 kr
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- Utgivningsdatum2017-04-14
- Mått203 x 254 x undefined mm
- Vikt690 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor392
- Upplaga3
- FörlagSAGE Publications Inc
- ISBN9781506315164
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Steve Duck taught in the United Kingdom before taking up the Daniel and Amy Starch Distinguished Research Chair in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa. He has been a professor of communication studies, an adjunct professor of psychology, a former Dean’s Administrative Fellow and is now Chair of the Rhetoric Department. He has taught interpersonal communication courses, mostly on relationships but also on nonverbal communication, communication in everyday life, construction of identity, communication theory, organizational leadership, and procedures and practices for leaders. More recently he has taught composition, speaking and rhetoric, especially for STEM students. By training an interdisciplinary thinker, Steve has focused on the development and decline of relationships, although he has also done research on the dynamics of television production techniques and persuasive messages in health contexts. Steve has written or edited 60 books on relationships and other matters and was the founder and, for the first 15 years, the Editor of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. His book Meaningful Relationships: Talking, Sense, and Relating won the G. R. Miller Book Award from the Interpersonal Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Steve co-founded a series of international conferences on personal relationships. He won the University of Iowa’s first Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in 2001 and the National Communication Association’s Robert J. Kibler Memorial Award in 2004 for “dedication to excellence, commitment to the profession, concern for others, vision of what could be, acceptance of diversity, and forthrightness.” He was the 2010 recipient of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Helen Kechriotis Nelson Teaching Award for a lifetime of excellence in teaching and in the same year was elected one of the National Communication Association’s Distinguished Scholars. He hopes to sit on the Iron Throne and be famous.David T. McMahan has taught courses that span the discipline of communication, including numerous courses in interpersonal communication and personal relationships, media and technology, communication education, theory, and criticism. McMahan’s research interests also engage multiple areas of the discipline with much of his research devoted to bridging the study of relationships, technology, and media. This work encompasses discussions of media and technology in everyday communication, the incorporation of catchphrases and media references in everyday communication, and the relational aspects of the Internet and digital media. His diverse research experiences also include studies on symbolic displays of masculinity and violence in rural America, media-based political transformations of the world’s nation-states, the reporting of mass-murder suicide in The New York Times, and primetime animated series. In addition to authoring numerous books, his work has appeared in such journals as Review of Communication, Communication Education, and Communication Quarterly, as well as edited volumes. A tremendously-active member of the discipline, McMahan’s endeavors include serving on a number of editorial review boards, serving as editor of the Iowa Journal of Communication, and serving as president of the Central States Communication Association. He has also received multiple awards for his work in the classroom and has been the recipient of a number of public service and academic distinctions, including being named a Centennial Scholar by the Eastern Communication Association. He hopes to someday win the singles championship at Wimbledon.
- PrefaceA Personal Note to ReadersAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPART I. COMMUNICATION FOUNDATIONSChapter 1 An Overview of CommunicationEveryday Communication and the Relational PerspectiveWhat Is Communication?Communication Is SymbolicCommunication Requires MeaningCommunication Is CulturalCommunication Is RelationalCommunication Involves FramesCommunication Is Both Presentational and RepresentationalCommunication Is a TransactionFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 2 Histories and Contexts of CommunicationThe Challenges of Writing HistoryThe Development of a DisciplineThe Emergence of Areas of StudyComing Together (Kind of) as Communication StudiesFuture of Communication and the Relational PerspectiveMethods of Studying CommunicationSocial Scientific ApproachInterpretivist ApproachCritical ApproachImproving Communication Studies Through the Relational PerspectiveWhere Next?Focus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsPART II. COMMUNICATION SKILLSChapter 3 Identities, Perceptions, and CommunicationDo People Have Core Selves?Identities and PerceptionsIdentities and CommunicationTransacting Identity and Other PeopleFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 4 Verbal CommunicationHow Is Verbal Communication Symbolic?Verbal Communication Involves MeaningVerbal Communication Is RelationalVerbal Communication Is CulturalVerbal Communication and FramesVerbal Communication Is PresentationalFunctions of Verbal CommunicationRelationships and Everyday TalkFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 5 Nonverbal CommunicationMisconceptions About Nonverbal CommunicationWhat Is Nonverbal Communication?The Functions of Nonverbal CommunicationTypes of Nonverbal CommunicationFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 6 Culture and CommunicationHow Can Culture Be Identified and Studied?Structure-Based Cultural CharacteristicsTransacting CultureFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 7 ListeningWhy Is Listening Important?Active ListeningEngaged and Relational ListeningCritical ListeningRecognizing and Overcoming Listening ObstaclesFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsPART III. COMMUNICATION CONTEXTSChapter 8 Personal RelationshipsWhat Are Personal Relationships?Benefits of Personal RelationshipsInitiating Relationships: The Relationship Filtering ModelTransacting and Maintaining Personal RelationshipsComing ApartFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 9 Family CommunicationFamilies as . . .Change and Development in Family ProcessesFamilies Communicate!Focus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 10 Groups and LeadersWhat Is a Group?Characteristics of GroupsGroup Development and Decision MakingGroup Decision Making Is About RelationshipsLeadershipFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 11 Communication in the WorkplaceLearning About the WorkplaceGoing to Work: The Workplace as a Special FrameThe Workplace as a CultureThe Workplace as RelationshipsFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 12 Health CommunicationPatient and Provider RelationshipsSocial Networks and HealthMedia, Technology, and HealthFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 13 Technology and Media in Everyday LifePerceptions of Technology and MediaThe Relational Uses of Technology and MediaSmartphones: Constructing Identities and RelationshipsConstructing Identities and Maintaining Relationships OnlineFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 14 Public and Personal InfluencePublic Address and Relating to AudiencesSequential PersuasionEmotional AppealsCompliance GainingFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsChapter 15 InterviewingPreparing for an InterviewInterviewsPre-Interview ResponsibilitiesBeginning an Employment InterviewAsking the Questions During an Employment InterviewAnswering the Questions During an Employment InterviewConcluding an Employment InterviewPost-Interview ResponsibilitiesFocus Questions RevisitedKey ConceptsQuestions to Ask Your FriendsMedia ConnectionsGlossaryReferencesIndex
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