Communication Matters helps students move beyond an intuitive appreciation of communication to explore core principles of the discipline. By helping students take personal responsibility for their communication behaviors, by encouraging critical reflection, and by actively applying the key concepts to diverse contemporary challenges, the program fosters an understanding of the many important ways communication matters in daily life.
Taken together these clear, concise essays make the case for the relevance of real, meaningful, effective communication in both professional and personal life. The essays are organized by theme into eleven chapters.
This collection will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in Media, Communication Studies, and Rhetoric.
This newly revised edition incorporates the monumental technological changes, including social media that are reframing the way we think and work. The book deals with real life challenges and offers practicable solutions.
With a research-based, skills-focused approach to the Introduction to Communication course, Communication Matters debunks the often-held belief that good communication is based on personal instincts.
Immensely readable and accessible, the book is organized around six questions relating to why and how we communicate about health: How “normal” am I? What are my “risk” factors? Why don’t we get “care”?
Knowledge when used in practice tests theory : The case of applied communication research . In K. N. Cissna ( Ed . ) , Applied communication in the 21st century ( pp . 1-19 ) . Mahwah , NJ : Erlbaum . Cissna , K. N. ( 1982 ) .
Describes how to research, organize, write, and deliver different kinds of speeches and discusses related forms of communication such as debates and oral interpretation.
Communication Matters: Because great communicators are made, not born.
In this course, Georgetown University linguistics professor Deborah Tannen addresses the various aspects and implications of conversational style.
Drawing from Buddhist and yogic precepts, this practical guide offers tools for becoming a better, more compassionate communicator at home, at work, and in the world Have you ever tried to tell someone what you want only to feel ...