Essentials of Human Communication - Softcover

Joseph A. DeVito

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321016831 ISBN 13: 9780321016836

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated, 1998

Synopsis

This book introduces the essential skills and applications of interpersonal, small group, and public speaking communication. Built around five major themes (skills development, intercultural perspectives, critical thinking, ethical issues, and self-empowerment), the new edition provides increased coverage of ethics in communication.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This book emphasizes five main themes: the skills of human communication (interpersonal, small group, interviewing, and public speaking), cultural awareness, listening, critical thinking, power, and ethics. Essentials of Human Communication fills the need for a brief, interesting, but serious book that places a strong focus on skill development. This book highlights the application of human communication skills to the real world and to the workplace. For anyone interested in learning the fundamentals of speech communication.

About the Author

Joseph A. DeVito received a BA from Hunter College in 1960 (with a major in speech and a minor in Spanish), an MA from Temple University in 1962 (with a major in speech along with some sociology), and a PhD from the University of Illinois in 1964 (with a major in speech and a minor in linguistics). After receiving his PhD, DeVito returned to his alma mater, Hunter College-in-the-Bronx [which later became Lehman College], to teach. Later, he moved to Queens College and then to Hunter (from which he retired from full-time teaching)—all within the City University of New York. During his teaching career, DeVito taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, with a concentration on the undergraduate level and mainly on the introductory courses.

 

At various times, DeVito has served on the editorial boards of Quarterly Journal of Speech, Communication Monographs, Communication Education, Communication Quarterly, Journal of Communication, and Etc: A Review of General Semantics. He has also served as consulting editor to publishers: Random House, Harper & Row, Waveland Press, and HarperCollins. He also served as ETS coordinator of the committee to construct the DANTES Public Speaking Test for the Educational Testing Service. A prolific author, DeVito has written or edited more than 20 books in the field of communication, including The Interpersonal Communication Book, Human Communication: The Basic Course, and Essentials of Human Communication, all published by Pearson.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321016831
• ISBN 13: 9780321016836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 447