"From the Preface of this 573 page book: "The increasing quantity and complexity of human communication require more thorough study than ever before. Effective communication is challenging. This edition equips the reader to meet the challenge with evidence-based advice that can be implemented immediately." Chapters include: Foundations of Communication; Communicating Confidently and Competently; Self and Others: Identities and Cultures; ..."
"A transformational approach to conflict argues that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns and social and discursive structures. Central to this book is the idea that the origins of transformation can be momentary, situational, and small-scale or large-scale and systemic. The momentary involves shifts and meaningful changes in communication and related patterns that are created in communication between p ..."
"A transformational approach to conflict argues that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns and social and discursive structures. Central to this book is the idea that the origins of transformation can be momentary, situational, and small-scale or large-scale and systemic. The momentary involves shifts and meaningful changes in communication and related patterns that are created in communication between p ..."
"Gender and racial politics were at the center of the 2016 US presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The election was historic because Clinton was the first woman nominated by a major political party for the presidency. Yet it was also historic in its generation of sustained reflection on the past. Clinton's campaign linked her with suffragist struggles--represented perhaps most poignantly by the parade of visitor ..."
"Explores the fundamentals of oral communication through the study and practice of interpersonal and small group communication and the composition and delivery of short speeches."