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An Introduction to Rhetorical Communication offers a true integration of rhetorical theory and social science approaches to public communication. This highly successful text guides students through message planning and presentation in an easy step-by-step process. An Introduction to Rhetorical Communication provides students with a solid grounding in the rhetorical tradition and the basis for developing effective messages.
In the belief that power is something that is negotiated by participants in the instructional process and with the goal of understanding how communication and power interact, this book looks at power and instruction in many different ways. Drawing from the lessons of the social sciences generally, it examines research that has been conducted by instructional communication specialists, looks at newer approaches to power, presents a status report on what is now known, and points to the divergent directions that offer opportunities for future scholarship.
Written to address the contemporary challenges facing teachers and trainers in traditional and non-traditional settings, this text offers a comprehensive collection of research focusing on the role and effects of communication in instructional environments. With accessible research for students, teachers, and educational leaders, the Handbook of Instructional Communication enhances an individual’s ability to understand instructional communication research, plan and conduct instructional communication research, practice effective instructional communication, and consult with other teachers and trainers about their use of instructional communication.
"A comprehensive and engaging guide to quantitative research. Drawing on their extensive research and teaching experience in the field of communication, authors ... encourage students to take an active, hands-on role in the learning process. After giving students the tools they need to locate, conduct, collect, and presernt their research, the text provides them with the opportunity to immediately apply these skills in research scenarios."--P. [4] of cover.
This text offers a complete and precise explanation of the principles of nonverbal communication. The Fourth Edition continues to provide students with involving and interesting reading that explores how nonverbal behaviors can produce certain communication responses from others. This well-researched book offers conclusions about the research in an easy-to-read and student-friendly style. The authors draw from a wide variety of disciplines and upon their vast experience as instructors, consultants, and corporate trainers to offer a unique blend of social scientific and humanistic approaches to the study of nonverbal behavior. Each chapter includes exercises, activities, self tests, or questionnaires that help students understand the actual and potential impact of nonverbal behaviors on communication. It also helps students build the skills they will need to become competent nonverbal communicators in today's global community.
This book provides a synthesis of important research on communication instruction and builds on that by discussing how beginning teachers can apply the information to their own teaching. With eleven chapters written or co-written by some of the most prolific instructional communication researchers, this book provides diverse viewpoints and perspectives on a wide range of topics that impact teachers' communication with students in a classroom setting. For beginning teachers at all grade levels.
Assuming a unique perspective for an organizational communication text, this "handbook" focuses students on how to communicate with managers and peers to survive, thrive and prosper in organizational environments. Taking a "subordinate" approach, this "survival guide for employees" centers on understanding how and why managers communicate the ways they do and how employees can adapt their own communication skills to be more effective in the organizational environment. In fifteen simple chapters, this text provides clear and concise guidelines, along with a foundation of theory and scholarship, to help students learn to become more effective communicators in today's workforce.