With a practical and innovative approach, Interpersonal Encounters: Connecting through Communication shows students how interpersonal communication skills can be best used to accomplish everyday relationship goals. Guided by current interpersonal research from diverse authors and study participants, Laura K. Guerrero and Bree Mc Ewan focus on the functions of interpersonal communication in our everyday lives and demonstrate how concepts, theories, and contemporary research apply to building, maintaining, and ending relationships. The book’s unique structure prepares students to become better communicators in their personal and professional lives.
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Tabella dei contenuti
Chapter 1: Understanding Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 2: Performing the Self
Chapter 3: First Impressions and Initial Attraction
Chapter 4: Communicating Across Cultures
Chapter 5: Making and Managing Conversation
Chapter 6: Expressing and Managing Emotion
Chapter 7: Influencing Others
Chapter 8: Initiating and Developing Relationships
Chapter 9: Maintaining Quality Relationships
Chapter 10: Managing Conflict Communication
Chapter 11: Coping with Transgressions
Chapter 12: Ending Relationships
Capstone Chapter: Connections and Conclusions
Circa l’autore
Bree Mc Ewan (Ph D, Arizona State University, 2009) is an associate professor in the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology at the University of Toronto – Mississauga where she teaches courses on research methods and mediated communication. She has also taught at De Paul University and Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on the intersection between interpersonal and communication technology, with a particular interest in how people manage and maintain networked social relationships. She has published articles related to these topics in journals such as Communication Monographs, Annals of the International Communication Association, New Media & Society, and Social Media + Society. Her other book is Navigating New Media Networks: Understanding and Managing Challenges in a Networked Society (Lexington). She is a recent winner of the Outstanding Article Award from the Human Communication and Technology Division of the National Communication Association and the outstanding Contribution to Communication Science from the Communication Science and Biology Division of the International Communication Association. She serves on the board of Human Communication, and Technology, the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Communication Studies, and Communication Reports. She enjoys spending time with her husband (Colin), and her children (Branwen, Oriana, and Cael), leads two Girl Scout troops, and loves reading, and her daily yoga practice.
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