Susan R. R. Beauchamp & Stanley J. J. Baran 
Introduction to Human Communication [PDF ebook] 
Perception, Meaning, and Identity

Chapter 1: The Communication Process: Perception, Meaning, and Identity
Chapter 2: Communication Research and Inquiry
Chapter 3: Verbal Communication
Chapter 4: Nonverbal Communication
Chapter 5: Listening
Chapter 6: Relational and Conflict Communication
Chapter 7: Communicating in Small Groups
Chapter 8: Organizational Communication
Chapter 9: Intercultural Communication
Chapter 10: Mass Communication
Chapter 11: Media Literacy
Chapter 12: Social Media and Personal Communication Technologies
Chapter 13: Persuasion and Social Influence
Chapter 14: Health Communication
Chapter 15: Public Speaking: An Overview

Stanley J. Baran, Professor Emeritus in the Communication Department at Bryant University,  earned his Ph D in communication research at the University of Massachusetts after taking his MA in journalism at Pennsylvania State University. He has  taught at Cleveland State University; the University of Texas at Austin, where he won the AMOCO Teaching Excellence Award as the best instructor on that 40, 000-student campus;  and at San Jose State University, where he was named President’s Scholar as the university’s outstanding researcher. As a Fulbright  Scholar he taught at the  Institut fur  Journalismus und Kommunication at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Hannover, Germany. Dr. Baran has published ten books and scores of scholarly articles and has sat on the editorial boards of  six scholarly  journals. His work has been translated into half a dozen languages.