Communication in Everyday Life - A Survey of Communication

Klappentext Ideal for the digital age, this book provides up-to-date insight into the communication topics central to everyday life. Direct examples apply communication research to students' own lived experiences.

List of contents

Preface
A Personal Note to Readers
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I. COMMUNICATION FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1 An Overview of Communication
Everyday Communication and the Relational Perspective
What Is Communication?
Communication Is Symbolic
Communication Requires Meaning
Communication Is Cultural
Communication Is Relational
Communication Involves Frames
Communication Is Both Presentational and Representational
Communication Is a Transaction
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 2 Histories and Contexts of Communication
The Challenges of Writing History
The Development of a Discipline
The Emergence of Areas of Study
Coming Together (Kind of) as Communication Studies
Future of Communication and the Relational Perspective
Methods of Studying Communication
Social Scientific Approach
Interpretivist Approach
Critical Approach
Improving Communication Studies Through the Relational Perspective
Where Next?
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
PART II. COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Chapter 3 Identities, Perceptions, and Communication
Do People Have Core Selves?
Identities and Perceptions
Identities and Communication
Transacting Identity and Other People
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 4 Verbal Communication
How Is Verbal Communication Symbolic?
Verbal Communication Involves Meaning
Verbal Communication Is Relational
Verbal Communication Is Cultural
Verbal Communication and Frames
Verbal Communication Is Presentational
Functions of Verbal Communication
Relationships and Everyday Talk
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 5 Nonverbal Communication
Misconceptions About Nonverbal Communication
What Is Nonverbal Communication?
The Functions of Nonverbal Communication
Types of Nonverbal Communication
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 6 Culture and Communication
How Can Culture Be Identified and Studied?
Structure-Based Cultural Characteristics
Transacting Culture
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 7 Listening
Why Is Listening Important?
Active Listening
Engaged and Relational Listening
Critical Listening
Recognizing and Overcoming Listening Obstacles
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
PART III. COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS
Chapter 8 Personal Relationships
What Are Personal Relationships?
Benefits of Personal Relationships
Initiating Relationships: The Relationship Filtering Model
Transacting and Maintaining Personal Relationships
Coming Apart
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 9 Family Communication
Families as . . .
Change and Development in Family Processes
Families Communicate!
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 10 Groups and Leaders
What Is a Group?
Characteristics of Groups
Group Development and Decision Making
Group Decision Making Is About Relationships
Leadership
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 11 Communication in the Workplace
Learning About the Workplace
Going to Work: The Workplace as a Special Frame
The Workplace as a Culture
The Workplace as Relationships
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 12 Health Communication
Patient and Provider Relationships
Social Networks and Health
Media, Technology, and Health
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 13 Technology and Media in Everyday Life
Perceptions of Technology and Media
The Relational Uses of Technology and Media
Smartphones: Constructing Identities and Relationships
Constructing Identities and Maintaining Relationships Online
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 14 Public and Personal Influence
Public Address and Relating to Audiences
Sequential Persuasion
Emotional Appeals
Compliance Gaining
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Chapter 15 Interviewing
Preparing for an Interview
Interviews
Pre-Interview Responsibilities
Beginning an Employment Interview
Asking the Questions During an Employment Interview
Answering the Questions During an Employment Interview
Concluding an Employment Interview
Post-Interview Responsibilities
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Glossary
References
Index

Report

The easy-to-read, conversational style of the writing, which has carried over from the first edition has been very well-received by our students. Martha Antolik

Product details

• Authors: Steve Duck, Steve/ Mcmahan Duck, David T. McMahan
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.01.2017, delayed
• EAN: 9781506315164
• ISBN: 978-1-5063-1516-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science