Understanding Human Communication

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0190297085 ISBN 13: 9780190297084

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2016

For more than three decades, Understanding Human Communication has been the best-selling text for the Human Communication course. Solidly grounded in scholarship, it provides students with the insights and skills to succeed in today's changing world. This new edition includes updated coverage of culture, gender, social media, and technology to reflect today's scholarship and popular culture.

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 author of Mass Media in a Changing World, Fourth Edition (2012), Making Sense of Media (2001), and several books on public speaking.

Athena du Pr is Professor of Communication at the University of West Florida. She is 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:

"The more I use this text, the more I like it, and I liked it enough to begin with to walk away from a text I'd been using for more than ten years (Wood's Communication in Our Lives)." -- Kim P. Nyman, Collin College

"Understanding Human Communication provides a more sophisticated approach to the introductory course compared with the competitors, and it has a strong track record of success in the community college classrooms."--Milton Hunt, Austin Community College

"Understanding Human Communication offers a compelling take on basic communication concepts and theories and is full of timely examples and relevant topics. I really like the way the text is organized and appreciate the self-assessments throughout!"--Jaime Bochantin, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

"Understanding Human Communication is better done in terms of content, and appeals to students than any other textbook. It begs to be used, and students will not be disappointed"--Lisa Fitzgerald, Austin Community College