Foundations of Nonverbal Communication: Readings, Exercises, and Commentary - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809310708 ISBN 13: 9780809310708

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983

Synopsis

Complete with exercises and introductions to put the readings in perspective, this is an introductory anthology designed for the student of nonverbal communication.

One of the primary objectives of the edi­tors was to provide an introduction to some of the seminal work in the field’s respective subdisciplines because most nonverbal com­munication texts refer to these works. To that end they have provided complete arti­cles, chapters, or at least substantial Seg­ments of classic works. These works include selections from Birdwhistell, Ekman and Friesen, Hall, Jourard, Montagu, Morris, Scheflen, and Trager.

The collection is divided into seven parts. These are “Proxemics: The Utilization of Space,” “Kinesics: Action Behavior,” “Facial and Eye Behavior,” “Haptics: Touching Behavior,” “Object Communication,” “Paralanguage: Vocal Communication,” and “Put­ting It All Together: The Encoding, Decod­ing, and Interpretation of Message Patterns.”

About this title

About the Author

Albert M. Katz is in the Department of Communicating Arts at the University of Wisconsin, Superior.

Virginia T. Katz is in the Department of Communication at the University of Min­nesota, Duluth.

Edition details

• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809310708
• ISBN 13: 9780809310708
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Katz Albert M., Katz Virginia T.