Human Communication

Klappentext The Third Edition of this classic textbook provides the most up-to-date summary of current theory and research in human communication today. Written in an accessible style, the book examines the fundamentals of communication and the functions that communication serves in society. The text provides students with a working vocabulary of the discipline, a detailed outline of some of the crucial questions to be asked, summaries of current theories and research, and relevant applications. Zusammenfassung Examines the fundamentals of communication and the functions that communication serves in society. This book provides students with a working vocabulary of the discipline! a detailed outline of some of the crucial questions to be asked! summaries of current theories and research! and relevant applications. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: THE VARIABLES IN THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS An Introduction to Human Communication Source Variables Receiver Variables Variables Inhibiting Effective Communication Nonverbal Communication PART TWO: COMMENTS ON THE FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION Persuasion Approaches to Gaining Compliance Persuasion Applications and Message Strategies Decision-Making Relational Communication Communication and Conflict

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• Authors: Michael Burgoon, Michael Etc. Hunsaker Burgoon, Michael Hunsaker Burgoon, Edwin J Dawson, Edwin J. Dawson, Frank G Hunsaker, Frank G. Hunsaker
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.1993
• EAN: 9780803950771
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5077-1
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories