Palgrave Handbook of Positive Communication for Livable Futures

Thomas J. Socha is Professor of Communication and ODU University Professor (Distinguished Teaching) at Old Dominion University, USA.

• Part 1. Positive Communication Foundations.- 1. Designing Positive Communication for a Livable Future.- 2. Defining Livable Futures Through Rhetorical Figurations.- 3. The Positive Communication Network: A Dialogue of Dreams, Hopes, and Wishes for a Livable Future.- 4.The Critical Need for a Positive Communication Ontology in Human Rights Practice and Social Justice Research.- 5. Ethical Humans.- 6. Positive Communication and Resilience.- 7. Research Methods for Positive Communication.- Part 2. Positive Relational Communication Processes.- 8. Barefoot Listening.- 9. Savoring Communication and Human Interaction.- 10. Affectionate Communication as an Antidote to Loneliness.- 11.Playful Communication, Positive Communication.- 12. Leadership from a Positive Communication Perspective.- Part 3. Positive Communication Contexts.- 13. Positive Communication Teaching Effectiveness as Positive Education.- 14. Successful and Positive Aging: Intergenerational Communication and Older Adults.- 15. Maintaining Meaningful and Positive Romantic and Family Relationships.- 16. Positive Communication and Mother-Daughter Relationship Research.- 17. Positive Family Communication as an Engine of Potentiality: Encouraging Good Dreams and Dealing with Bad Ones.- 18. Prosocial Interpersonal Communication and Its Consequences for Health Across People and Contexts.- 19. Positive Working Humans.- Part 4. Positive Communication Outcomes.- 20. Positive Communication in the Context of Poverty: Personal Transformation in Heifer Participants in Uganda, Africa.- 21. Towards Positive Food Communication Systems.- 22. Stir the Pot: Active Visions of Kustawi Maishani for Black Boys in Their Positive Development to Manhood.- 23. Positive Communication in Action: Communication, Community, and Resilience.- Part 5. Looking Ahead.- 24. In Our Wildest Dreams: A Positive Communication Agenda.