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Human Communication: The Basic Course, 9/E
Joseph A. DeVito, Hunter College of the City University of New York

ISBN-10: 0205353908
ISBN-13: 9780205353903

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 320 pp
Published: 03/21/2002

This item has been replaced by Human Communication: The Basic Course, 11/E.

Human Communication: The Basic Course surveys the broad field of human communication, giving attention to theory, research, and skill development.

This text provides a concise and in-depth look at the elements that comprise all forms of human communication. With an emphasis on Public Speaking, Interpersonal Communication, and Small Group Communication, the text also explores key issues and topics in interviewing, organizational communication, and the mass media. Designed to allow flexibility in teaching approaches, Human Communication: The Basic Course offers instructors a wide range of topics to discuss and apply to real-world experiences.

Cultural and gender issues are covered in depth in two ways: an entire unit explains the ways culture and gender influence communication and integrated coverage throughout the text relate cultural and gender issues to all aspects of human communication.

TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE—focuses on learning through technology.
- Extensive technology supplements, including VideoWorkshop for Introduction to Communication and a robust Companion Website Plus (www.ablongman.com/devitohc9e), enable the integration of technology into all aspects of the course.
- "Going Online" exercises encourage students to explore Web sites related to topics in each unit.
- The nature and effects of new technologies on human communication are discussed throughout the text.
- Integrated website materials—prepared expressly for this text—encourage more extensive learning and the use of technology.

"Understanding Theory and Research" boxes (38 in all) allow students to easily digest communication theory and research and apply it to key topics.

"Building Communication Skills" boxes (38 in all) enable students to develop the skills needed to communicate effectively.

Public speaking is covered in depth (five full units are devoted to public speaking) to provide students with the skills for informative and persuasive speaking.

"Media Watch" boxes (one in every unit) covering media theories, central media concepts, and types and forms of media and a chapter on the mass media (emphasizing how to become a critical consumer), available on CD-ROM, help students to understand the role and influence of the media in today's society.

Interactive pedagogy—including self-tests, critical thinking questions, key terms, and summary statements—enables students to practice concepts learned in each unit.

"Communication@Work" boxes provide students with a unique understanding of how this course will help them throughout their lives.

Ethical principles, covered throughout the text in "Reflections on Ethics" sections at the end of each unit, encourage the development of an ethical foundation for human communication.

Four additional units—Emotional Communication, The Special Occasion Speech, Criticism in the Classroom, and Mass Media—packaged with new textbooks available on request on CD-ROM, enable instructors to cover topics that are not always offered in other texts.

Interactive experiences--emphasized throughout the boxed feature program with questions and cases presented in all "Media Watch," "Understanding Theory and Research," "Communication@Work," and "Reflections on Ethics" boxes and in all Self Tests—make learning more active, exciting, and effective.

Contents in Detail.

Specialized Contents.

Preface.

I. FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION.

1. Preliminaries to Human Communication.

2. Principles of Communication.

3. Culture and Communication.

4. Perception.

5. Listening.

6. The Self in Communication.

7. Verbal Messages.

8. Nonverbal Messages.

II. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS.

9. Interpersonal Communication: Conversation.

10. Interpersonal Relationships.

11. Interpersonal Conflict.

III. INTERVIEWING AND SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION.

12. Interviewing.

13. Small Group Communication.

14. Members and Leaders.

IV. PUBLIC SPEAKING.

15. Public Speaking Topics, Audiences, and Research.

16. Supporting and Organizing Your Speech.

17. Style and Delivery in Public Speaking.

18. The Informative Speech.

19. The Persuasive Speech.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

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ISBN-10: 020545724X | ISBN-13: 9780205457243
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Human Communication: The Basic Course surveys the broad field of human communication, giving attention to theory, research, and skill development.

This Eleventh Edition provides an in-depth look at the concepts and principles of human communication, emphasizing public speaking, interpersonal communication, and small group communication. Designed to allow flexibility in teaching approaches, Human Communication: The Basic Course offers instructors a wide range of topics to discuss and apply to real-world experiences.

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