Communication Theory
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A. R. Lee
advanced human interaction analysis
Albert Mehrabian
Albert Scheflin
Alfred Schutz
Back Channel Cues
C. David Mortensen
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civil
Civil Inattention
Communicative Common Environment
Cosa Nostra
Crowded Streetcar
Daniel Katz
Dean C. Barnlund
Defensive Communication
Denotative Specificity
Don Jackson
Edward T. Hall
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Erving Goffman
Face Engagement
Football Game
George J. Simmons
Girl Friend
H. Phillipson
Herbert Blumer
Human Group Life
inattention
information flow theory
Interactive Silence
intercultural understanding
interpersonal dynamics
J. L. McCall
Jack Matthews
Jack R. Gibb
Janet Beavin
John C. Condon Jr
John M. Wiemann
Larry Gross
Linda M. Ludwig
Listener Behavior
Mark L Knapp
Marshall McLuhan
Martin Buber
Michael Polanyi
Mutual Glances
nonverbal signals
Paul Ekman
Paul Watzlawick
Paul's View
Paul’s View
Peter Farb
Peter L. Berger
Peter's View
Peter’s View
Phatic Communion
Phoebe C. Ellsworth
Playing Back
R. D. Laing
Robert L Kahn
social cognition
Sol Worth
symbolic interactionism
Teacher Student Reciprocals
Tentative Axioms
Theodore Clevenger Jr
Thomas J. Bruneau
Thomas Luckmann
Unfocused Interaction
Unique Biographical Situation
Vice Versa
Visual Behavior
Wallace V. Friesen
Warren Weaver
William Foote Whyte
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781412806794
- Weight: 725g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Dec 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Communication is the most complex and elevating achievement of human beings. Most people spend up to 70 percent of our waking hours engaged in some form of communication. Listening and responding to the messages of others occupies much of this time; the rest is taken up by talking, reading, and writing. An additional consideration is the rich assortment of nonverbal cues humans share, which also constitute a form of communication. All together, the stream of verbal and nonverbal information that bombards our senses is composed of as many as 2,000 distinguishable units of interaction in a single day. The kinds of interaction change constantly: morning greetings, cereal labels, bus signs, charts, traffic lights, hate stares, graffiti, coffee shop chat, gestures, laughter, and head nods: The themes are endless. All of this constitutes subject matter for the study of communication.The book seeks to acquaint students with a basic understanding of the process of human communication. The breadth and scope of subject matter is adaptable to a number of approaches to the first course in communication, whether theoretical, practical, contemporary, or traditional in orientation.The framework of this book introduces five topics of central interest to the field of communication theory. Part I describes the process of communication as it unfolds in face-to-face environments. Part II considers the symbolic significance of interpersonal behavior. Part III examines the organization of communicative acts and shows why human interactions tend to become more synchronous over time. Part IV explores the complex problem of understanding other people, demonstrating the tendency of understanding to become intersubjective. Part V accounts for the communicative significance of several basic human environments--communities, organizations, media, institutions, and culture.
C. David Mortensen is professor of communication science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is a member of the Center for Communication research located there. He has also taught at Bethel College and the University of Washington. His specialty is writing monographs on the subjects of communicative difficulty, problematic interaction, and conflict. His books include Problematic Communication, Miscommunication, and Human Conflict: Disagreement, Misunderstanding, and Problematic Talk.
