Communicating Today - Softcover

Raymond Zeuschner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205301940 ISBN 13: 9780205301942

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Synopsis

Communicating The Essentials combines a solid grounding in theory and history with competency-oriented chapters on interviewing, group discussion, and public speaking. Through this text, students will gain an appreciation for the development of the field, its major areas of emphasis and its relevance and applications to contemporary issues. Each of the 15 chapters features five themes to augment the focus of the history, diversity, competencies, critical thinking, and technology. Communicating The Essentials challenges students to think about issues, acquire skills and knowledge, understand concepts, and apply terms and theories to their entire communication repertoire.

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From the Back Cover

This second edition is a timely revision of this successful book. In twenty chapters, this book offers a unique look at the field of speech communication, combining thorough coverage of all primary areas of the discipline with an understanding of its evolution from the past to the present and its directions for the future. This book combines a competency approach to building basic communication skills with a practical introduction to the theory of the field. Readers will be shown how to communicate effectively in a variety of settings including the group, the interview, the public forum, the family, the classroom, and the media. This comprehensive introduction to the field also examines significant topics such as technology, health and lifespan communication, gender communication, free speech, and performance studies. For professionals working in the field of speech communication.

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205301940
• ISBN 13: 9780205301942
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2