Understanding human communication - Softcover

Adler, Ronald B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0030716268 ISBN 13: 9780030716263

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1985

Synopsis

Understanding Human Communication, Seventh Edition, by Ronald B. Adler and George Rodman presents a comprehensive, useful introduction to the academic study of communication that strikes a balance between the needs of instructors and students. The book's enduring features include a clear and reader-friendly writing style; an inviting visual design with marginal quotations, cartoons, photographs, newspaper clippings, and supplemental readings on almost every page; and everyday applications based on solid research and theory. New features include an increased emphasis on technology, streamlined organization based on user suggestions, and revised and updated material on gender, cultural diversity, and theory. These combined features plus an extensive ancillary package make Understanding Human Communication, Seventh Edition, one of the leading texts in the field of interpersonal communication.Features- Photographs, short readings, cartoons, epigrams, and news items enliven each section with high interest ideas and personalities.- A comprehensive glossary and the following chapter-length appendices are included at the back of theAppendix InterviewingAppendix Mediated Communication (new!)- Each chapter ends with the following categories of supplementalrecaps the content of the chapterprovides updated lists and brief descriptions of print resources that discuss the topics in the chapter and popular films with plots and characters that demonstrate concepts covered in the chapterincludes four kinds of activities--"Ethical Challenges," "Critical Thinking Probes," "Skill Builders," and "Invitations to Insight"--that invite students to analyze and change their own communication behavior- The following sidebars and marginal notes contain material that supports the main content of theUnderstanding Diversity boxes show how factors such as ethnicity, different physical abilities, regional origins, and nationalities shape perceptions of and reactions to communicationUnderstanding Communication Technology boxes highlight the ways in which technology is changing the nature of human communication, giving readers tools for using technology in communicating (new!)Communication Boxes present thought-provoking topics through interesting and humorous articles and vignettesMarginal Definitions of colloquial terms help readers unfamiliar with idiomatic English understand the subtleties of phrases and words used in the text, such as "get it off my chest" or "hashed out"

About this title

About the Author

Ronald B. Adler is Professor of Communication, Emeritus, at Santa Barbara City College. He is coauthor of Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication, Twelfth Edition (OUP, 2013), Looking Out, Looking In (2014), and Communicating at Work: Principles and Practices for Business and the Professions (2013).

George Rodman is Professor in the Department of Television and Radio at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, where he founded the graduate media studies program. He is the author of Mass Media in a Changing World, Fourth Edition (2012), Making Sense of Media (2001), and several books on public speaking.

Athena du Pré is Professor of Communication at the University of West Florida. She is the author of Communicating About Health: Current Issues and Perspectives, Fourth Edition (OUP, 2017), as well as other books, journal articles, and chapters on communicating effectively in modern organizations.

Review

I have used this book for several semesters with great success. Students like it, I like it, and it provides the most basic communication concepts without oversimplifying or trivializing the material. * B. Hannah Rockwell, Loyola University Chicago * Understanding Human Communication provides students with the material they need to know to become competent communicators in the 21st century. * Patricia Carr Connell, Gadsden State Community College, Alabama *

Edition details

• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0030716268
• ISBN 13: 9780030716263
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 381