Handbook of Interpersonal Communication - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803948069 ISBN 13: 9780803948068

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Nine years after the first edition, key scholars in the discipline redefine the field of interpersonal communication with the second edition of the Handbook of Interpersonal Communication. New chapters, which represent areas of central concern today, focus on culture and meaning, supportive communication, and health care. Part I lays out the key theoretical and methodological issues; the second part focuses on component parts or growth processes, verbal and nonverbal behavior, situational and cultural influences, and the characteristics each communicator brings to an encounter. Part III examines mutual influence and temporal processes and asks the question: What is interpersonal competence? This part also looks at several functions of interpersonal processes such as social support, influence, and power. The last part examines interpersonal processes in four important and familiar relational contexts: coworkers, physician/patient, families, and other personal/social relationships. "With new chapters that focus on meaning, supportive communication, and health care, this handbook sets the standard for the discipline." --Business Horizons Completely revised and updated, the Handbook of Interpersonal Communication, Second Edition is a must for students, scholars, and professionals of communication studies, sociology, and social psychology.

About this title

About the Author

Mark L. Knapp (Ph.D., Penn State University, 1966) is the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Professor Emeritus in Communication and Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. Three of his books are: Nonverbal Communication in Human Interaction (with J. A. Hall); Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships (with A. L. Vangelisti); and Lying and Deception in Human Interaction. He is past president of the International Communication Association and the National Communication Association, a Fellow of the International Communication Association, and a Distinguished Scholar in the National Communication Association. He served as editor of Human Communication Research, and developed and edited the Sage Series in Interpersonal Communication.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803948069
• ISBN 13: 9780803948068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 829
• Editor: Knapp Mark L., Miller Gerald R.