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| Preface | p. xii |
| Foundations of Communication | p. 1 |
| The Human Communication Process | p. 2 |
| Communication Defined | p. 4 |
| The Components of Human Communication | p. 5 |
| Communicator Perceptions | p. 7 |
| The Source and the Message | p. 8 |
| The Channel | p. 8 |
| The Receiver and the Message | p. 9 |
| Feedback | p. 9 |
| No... MORE | p. 10 |
| Dealing with Noise | p. 12 |
| The Context | p. 13 |
| Communication as a System | p. 13 |
| Models of Human Communication | p. 15 |
| Linear Model of Communication | p. 15 |
| Interactional Model of Communication | p. 17 |
| Transactional Model of Communication | p. 18 |
| The Models Compared | p. 19 |
| The Media as Communicator | p. 20 |
| Communication and Culture | p. 21 |
| Intercultural and Intracultural Communication | p. 21 |
| Multiculturalism | p. 23 |
| Ethnocentrism | p. 24 |
| First Amendment Speech | p. 27 |
| Ethics | p. 29 |
| Communication Ethics | p. 29 |
| Ethical Communicators | p. 30 |
| Ethical Business Communicators | p. 31 |
| Foundations of Verbal Language | p. 34 |
| Origins of Human Language | p. 35 |
| Selecting Symbols | p. 36 |
| Processing Symbols | p. 36 |
| Learning Symbols | p. 38 |
| The Concept of Meaning | p. 40 |
| The Functions of Language | p. 42 |
| Language Distortion | p. 44 |
| The Languages We Use | p. 45 |
| Standard American English | p. 46 |
| Slang | p. 47 |
| Nonstandard English Dialects | p. 49 |
| Using Verbal Language | p. 52 |
| Nonverbal Communication | p. 56 |
| Sources of Nonverbal Signs | p. 58 |
| Neurological Programs | p. 58 |
| Cultural and Intercultural Behavior | p. 60 |
| Emotional Influences on Nonverbal Communication | p. 61 |
| Verbal and Nonverbal Relationships | p. 62 |
| Substituting Relationship | p. 62 |
| Complementing Relationship | p. 63 |
| Conflicting Relationship | p. 63 |
| Accenting Relationship | p. 64 |
| Categories of Nonverbal Communication | p. 65 |
| Kinesics: Body Communication | p. 65 |
| Physical Characteristics | p. 72 |
| Proxemics: Spatial Communication | p. 74 |
| Paravocalics: Vocal Communication | p. 77 |
| Chronemics: Time as Communication | p. 78 |
| Olfactics: Smell as Communication | p. 79 |
| Aesthetics: Mood and Beauty as Communication | p. 80 |
| Gustorics: Taste as Communication | p. 80 |
| Using Nonverbal Communication | p. 81 |
| Listening | p. 84 |
| The Importance of Listening | p. 85 |
| The Listening Process | p. 86 |
| Reception | p. 86 |
| Attention | p. 88 |
| Perception | p. 90 |
| Assignment of Meaning | p. 91 |
| Response | p. 95 |
| Listening Influencers | p. 97 |
| Purposes of Listening | p. 98 |
| Discriminative Listening | p. 99 |
| Comprehension Listening | p. 99 |
| Therapeutic Listening | p. 101 |
| Critical Listening | p. 102 |
| Appreciative Listening | p. 103 |
| Listening Apprehension | p. 103 |
| Improving Your Listening | p. 104 |
| Intrapersonal Communication | p. 113 |
| Intrapersonal Communication | p. 114 |
| Self-Talk | p. 115 |
| Self-Concept | p. 117 |
| Self-Love | p. 119 |
| Cognitive Processing | p. 119 |
| The Self | p. 120 |
| Understanding Yourself | p. 121 |
| Need Drives Affecting Communication | p. 126 |
| Survival | p. 127 |
| Pleasure Seeking | p. 127 |
| Security | p. 127 |
| Territoriality | p. 128 |
| Anxiety: Communication Apprehension | p. 129 |
| Communication Anxiety Defined | p. 131 |
| The Effects of Communication Anxiety | p. 132 |
| The Causes of Communication Apprehension | p. 132 |
| Help for Communication Apprehension | p. 133 |
| Interpersonal Communication | p. 137 |
| The Concepts of Interpersonal Communication | p. 138 |
| Basic Concepts of Interpersonal Communication | p. 139 |
| Self-Disclosure | p. 142 |
| The Self and Others | p. 142 |
| Seeking Approval | p. 144 |
| Gaining Compliance | p. 145 |
| Emotions | p. 146 |
| Power | p. 147 |
| Male/Masculine-Female/Feminine Communication | p. 149 |
| Sex and Gender | p. 149 |
| How Men and Women Communicate Differently | p. 151 |
| Gender Communication in the Workplace | p. 154 |
| Sexual Harassment and Bullying | p. 154 |
| Responding to Sexual Harassment | p. 155 |
| Bullying | p. 157 |
| Relationships and Their Development | p. 157 |
| Development of a Relationship | p. 157 |
| Continuing a Relationship | p. 159 |
| Positive Relationships | p. 160 |
| Communication in Relationships | p. 162 |
| Relational Conflict | p. 163 |
| Ending Relationships | p. 163 |
| Electronic and Computer-Mediated Interpersonal Communication | p. 164 |
| Interpersonal Uses of the Internet | p. 165 |
| Positive Aspects of Internet Use | p. 165 |
| Negative Aspects of Internet Use | p. 166 |
| Blogging | p. 169 |
| Ways to Be a Better Interpersonal On-line Communicator | p. 171 |
| Cell Phones | p. 173 |
| Interpersonal Skills | p. 178 |
| Participating in Conversations | p. 179 |
| Conversational Presentation Skills | p. 179 |
| Conversational Listening Skills | p. 181 |
| Conversational Nonverbal Skills | p. 182 |
| Giving Directions | p. 182 |
| Giving Details | p. 182 |
| Organizing Ideas | p. 182 |
| Using Understandable Terms | p. 183 |
| Requesting | p. 183 |
| Requesting Information | p. 184 |
| Asking Questions | p. 184 |
| Dealing with Interpersonal Conflict | p. 185 |
| Conflict Defined | p. 186 |
| Causes of Conflict | p. 187 |
| Levels of Conflict | p. 188 |
| Role of Personal Anger in Conflict | p. 190 |
| Dealing with Another Person's Anger in Conflict | p. 192 |
| Fair Fighting | p. 193 |
| Individual Approaches to Dealing with Conflict | p. 194 |
| Apologizing | p. 197 |
| Communication Approaches to Managing Conflict | p. 199 |
| Assertive Communication | p. 199 |
| Negotiation | p. 203 |
| The Principles of Negotiation | p. 204 |
| Negotiating Styles | p. 205 |
| Arbitration | p. 206 |
| Litigation | p. 207 |
| Mediation | p. 207 |
| Handling Criticism | p. 209 |
| The Interview | p. 214 |
| Interviewing Roles | p. 215 |
| Role of the Interviewer | p. 215 |
| Role of the Interviewee | p. 215 |
| Interview Format | p. 216 |
| Opening of the Interview | p. 216 |
| Body of the Interview | p. 216 |
| Sequence of Interview Questions | p. 218 |
| Answering Interview Questions | p. 219 |
| Closing the Interview | p. 220 |
| Types of Interviews | p. 220 |
| Employment Interview | p. 220 |
| Information-Gathering Interview | p. 229 |
| Problem-Solving Interview | p. 231 |
| Oral History Interview | p. 231 |
| Counseling Interview | p. 233 |
| Persuasive Interview | p. 234 |
| Appraisal Interview | p. 236 |
| Reprimanding Interview | p. 238 |
| Interrogation Interview | p. 239 |
| Media Interview | p. 241 |
| The Concepts of Groups | p. 245 |
| Groups Defined | p. 246 |
| Group Versus Individual Actions | p. 146 |
| Advantages of Groups | p. 246 |
| Disadvantages of Groups | p. 247 |
| Types of Groups | p. 249 |
| Work Teams | p. 249 |
| Study Groups | p. 249 |
| Support Groups | p. 249 |
| Committees | p. 250 |
| Focus Groups | p. 252 |
| The Family as a Group | p. 252 |
| Public Meetings | p. 253 |
| Town Meetings | p. 254 |
| Group Operations | p. 254 |
| Group Norming | p. 254 |
| Group Storming | p. 255 |
| Group Conforming | p. 257 |
| Group Performing | p. 257 |
| Group Adjourning | p. 258 |
| Making Group Decisions | p. 258 |
| Formulating an Agenda | p. 258 |
| Voting | p. 260 |
| Decision-Making Techniques | p. 261 |
| Group Setting | p. 264 |
| Seating Choice | p. 264 |
| Table Configuration | p. 266 |
| Effect of the Physical Environment | p. 266 |
| Mediated Meetings | p. 267 |
| Types of Mediated Meetings | p. 267 |
| Positive and Negative Aspects of Mediated Meetings | p. 268 |
| How to Make Mediated Meetings Work | p. 270 |
| Participating in Groups | p. 273 |
| Cultural Differences in Groups | p. 274 |
| Cultures and Groups | p. 274 |
| Contrasts in Cultural Group Decision Making | p. 275 |
| Cultural Contrast of the Role of Information for Groups | p. 277 |
| Male and Female Roles in Groups | p. 278 |
| The Group Participant | p. 278 |
| Responsibilities of Group Members | p. 279 |
| Communicating as a Group Member | p. 281 |
| Roles of Group Members | p. 283 |
| Communication Networks | p. 284 |
| Dealing with Difficult Group Members | p. 286 |
| The Group Leader and Group Leadership | p. 288 |
| Types of Leaders | p. 290 |
| Patterns of Leader/Leadership Emergence | p. 290 |
| Why People Desire to Be Leaders | p. 291 |
| Leader/Leadership: Communicative Perspective | p. 291 |
| Effective Leader Questioning | p. 292 |
| Responsibilities of Leaders | p. 293 |
| Communicating in Public | p. 297 |
| Public Speaking: Planning and Presenting the Message | p. 298 |
| The Listenable Speech | p. 299 |
| Preparing a Speech: An Overview | p. 300 |
| Parameters of Public Speaking | p. 300 |
| The Ethics of Public Speaking | p. 300 |
| Plagiarism | p. 301 |
| Fabrication | p. 302 |
| Prior to the Speech Analysis | p. 302 |
| Demographics | p. 302 |
| Psychographics | p. 304 |
| Rhetorographics | p. 304 |
| Applying the Prior Analysis | p. 305 |
| Process of the Speech Analysis | p. 309 |
| Postspeech Analysis | p. 310 |
| Presenting the Message | p. 310 |
| Modes of Presentation | p. 311 |
| Impromptu or Ad Lib Mode | p. 311 |
| Extemporaneous Mode | p. 312 |
| Manuscript Mode | p. 318 |
| Memorized Mode | p. 320 |
| Oral and Physical Presentation | p. 321 |
| Vocal Delivery | p. 321 |
| Vocal Variety | p. 321 |
| Pronunciation | p. 321 |
| Physical Elements | p. 322 |
| Using PowerPoint | p. 324 |
| Public Speaking Anxiety | p. 326 |
| Conquering Public Speaking Anxiety | p. 326 |
| Rehearsing the Speech | p. 329 |
| Dealing with Difficulties During a Speech | p. 330 |
| Public Speaking: Developing the Speech | p. 333 |
| Sources of Information | p. 334 |
| Books | p. 336 |
| Magazines | p. 336 |
| Newspapers | p. 336 |
| Journals | p. 337 |
| Indexes | p. 337 |
| Government Pamphlets | p. 337 |
| Special-Interest Group Publications | p. 337 |
| Nonprint Media | p. 337 |
| Interviews | p. 337 |
| Computer Searches | p. 337 |
| Computer-Based Retrieval Systems | p. 338 |
| Conducting a Computer Search | p. 338 |
| Use of the Internet | p. 338 |
| Selecting Sources | p. 340 |
| Analyzing Sources | p. 342 |
| Recording Your Research | p. 343 |
| Supporting Material | p. 345 |
| Stories | p. 345 |
| Specific Instances | p. 346 |
| Exposition | p. 346 |
| Statistics | p. 347 |
| Analogies | p. 348 |
| Testimony | p. 348 |
| Vehicles for Presenting Supporting Material | p. 349 |
| Internal Summaries | p. 349 |
| Forecasting | p. 349 |
| Signposting | p. 349 |
| Supplementary Aids | p. 349 |
| Computerized Graphics | p. 352 |
| Public Speaking: Structuring the Message | p. 358 |
| The Basic Elements of a Speech | p. 359 |
| The Introduction | p. 359 |
| Attention Material | p. 359 |
| Orienting Material | p. 363 |
| The Central Idea | p. 365 |
| The Body | p. 365 |
| Role of Culture on Speech Structure | p. 365 |
| Methods of Issue Arrangement | p. 367 |
| The Conclusion | p. 372 |
| Summary | p. 372 |
| Clincher | p. 373 |
| Transition into the Question-and-Answer Session | p. 373 |
| Methods for Formatting a Speech | p. 374 |
| Partitioning Method | p. 374 |
| Unfolding Method | p. 376 |
| Case Method | p. 378 |
| Informative Public Speaking | p. 382 |
| Role of Informative Speaking | p. 383 |
| Concept of Informative Speaking | p. 384 |
| Characteristics of Informative Speaking | p. 385 |
| Classifications of Informative Speaking | p. 385 |
| Speeches About Objects | p. 385 |
| Speeches About Processes | p. 387 |
| Speeches About Events | p. 387 |
| Speeches About Concepts | p. 387 |
| Informative Briefings | p. 387 |
| Team Briefings | p. 388 |
| One-On-One Briefings | p. 388 |
| Technical Reports | p. 388 |
| Professional Papers | p. 389 |
| Lectures | p. 390 |
| Question-and-Answer Sessions | p. 392 |
| Speeches of Introduction | p. 394 |
| Developing the Informative Speech | p. 395 |
| The Informative Process in Action | p. 397 |
| Persuasive Public Speaking | p. 401 |
| Persuasive Speaking | p. 402 |
| Process of Persuasion | p. 402 |
| Persuasive Strategies | p. 404 |
| Role of Influence in Persuasion | p. 405 |
| Components of Persuasive Message | p. 406 |
| Speaker Credibility | p. 407 |
| Logical Arguments | p. 409 |
| Organizing the Persuasive Speech | p. 413 |
| Psychological Appeals | p. 416 |
| The Structure of the Persuasive Message | p. 420 |
| The Persuasive Process in Action | p. 421 |
| The Resume | p. 426 |
| Finding a Job | p. 426 |
| 20 Seconds Is All You Get! | p. 426 |
| The Importance of Premium Paper | p. 427 |
| Accomplishment Statements: Selling the Sizzle! | p. 427 |
| The Dos and Don'ts of Resume Preparation | p. 427 |
| Action Verbs Make a Difference | p. 428 |
| Electronic Screening of Resumes | p. 428 |
| Skills-Based Functional Resume Format | p. 429 |
| Chronological Resume: Action Verbs Make a Difference | p. 430 |
| Notes | p. 431 |
| Glossary | p. 447 |
| Photo Credits | p. 459 |
| Index | p. 460 |
| Basic Rules for APA Style | p. 464 |
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