Human Communication
8th Edition
Published on 1. August 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-07-229267-1 (ISBN)
Description
Intended for a survey of communication course (versus the hybrid or skills course), this text's strength is its ability to link theory and research with interesting examples. "Human Communication, 8/e" fuses current and classical communication theory, fundamental concepts, and basic skills. Written by an academic author and a professional author, this text provides students with an understanding of modern communication, by presenting the immediate and long term applications to their lives.
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Edition
8th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
725 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-229267-1 (9780072292671)
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Previous edition
Stewart L. Tubbs | Sylvia Moss
Human Communication
Book
01/1994
7th Edition
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
€55.70
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Persons
Stewart L. Tubbs is the dean of the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University. He received his doctorate in communication and organizational behavior from the University of Kansas. His master's degree in communication and his bachelor's degree in science are from Bowling Green State University. He has completed postdoctoral work in management at Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University. Dr. Tubbs has also taught at General Motors Institute and at Boise State University, where he was chairman of the Management Department and later associate dean of the College of Business. He has been named Outstanding Teacher three times and Outstanding Scholar twice. He has consulted for Fortune 500 companies and is past chairman of the Organizational Communication division of the Academy of Management. He has been named an Outstanding Teacher three times and an Outstanding Scholar twice, has consulted extensively for Fortune 500 companies, and is past chairman of the Organizational Communication division of the Academy of Management. He has also received the outstanding leadership award in London from the Academy of Business Administration and has been inducted into the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame by Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Ohio. Dr. Tubbs is the co-author, with Sylvia Moss, of Interpersonal Communication and Human Communication. He is listed in American Men and Women of Science, Contemporary Authors, Directory of American Scholars, the International Who's Who in Education, and Outstanding Young Men of America.
Content
Part One: PrinciplesChapter 1 The Process of Human CommunicationThe Importance of Human CommunicationBox 1.1 Techno-EtiquetteWhat is Human Communication?A Model of Human CommunicationCommunication ContextsCommunication TechnologiesWhat is Effective Communication? Chapter 2 Person PerceptionPerceiving People and Objects: A ComparisonForming ImpressionsBox 2.1 Our Faces and Psychological TraitsSome Variables Involved in Accurate PerceptionImproving Perception and Communication Chapter 3 The Verbal MessageWords and MeaningBox 3.1 A Word about SemanticsMessage Encoding: A Child's Use of LanguageLanguage and ThoughtWords in Action Chapter 4 The Nonverbal MessageInterpreting Nonverbal MessagesSpatial and Temporal CuesVisual CuesBox 4.1 The Spontaneity of Nonverbal CuesVocal CuesDeception Chapter 5 ListeningWhy Listen?Importance of ListeningBox 5.1 Listening: The Forgotten SkillWhat is Meant by Listening?Types of ListeningHow to Improve Listening Chapter 6 Relationships in ProcessBases of Human AttractionDefining Characteristics of RelationshipsBox 6.1 Of Love, Its Prototypes and ScriptsThe Dialectics of RelationshipsMaintaining RelationshipsFamily Communication Chapter 7 Conflict and NegotiationConflictBox 7.1 Confliect and NegotiationNegotiation Chapter 8 Ethics and CommunicationPrinciplesIssuesBox 8.1 Revealing Group Secrets Part Two: Contexts Chapter 9 Interpersonal CommunicationBox 9.1 Loyalty and Betrayal in Friendships and Romantic RelationshipsThe Social SettingAssessing the Quality of an Interpersonal RelationshipAssertiveness Training Chapter 10 Intercultural CommunicationA Definition of CultureBox 10.1 Some Dimensions of Cultural DifferenceObstacles to Intercultural CommunicationBarriers to Intercultural UnderstandingEffects of Intercultural Communication Chapter 11 InterviewingBox 11.1 Interviewing: Conversation with a PurposeStandardized and Unstandardized InterviewsTypes of Interview QuestionsSuspect Questions and How to Handle ThemTypes of Inadequate ResponsesInterview StructureNondirective Interview TechniqueHelpful Hints Chapter 12 Small-Group CommunicationTypes of Small GroupsGroup DynamicsGroup StructureCorrelates of Effective GroupsBox 12.1 The Value of Work Teams Chapter 13 Public CommunicationA DefinitionThe SpeakerThe AudienceThe Message Chapter 14 Organizational CommunicationOrganizations: A DefinitionOrganizational CultureImportance of CommunicationBox 14.1 Power in Organizations Chapter 15 Mass CommunicationA First DefinitionThe Process of Mass CommunicationBox 15.1 The Journalism of AttachmentSome Effects and OutcomesImplications of the New Communication TechnologiesGlossaryReferencesCredits and AcknowledgmentsIndexes Name Index Subject Index