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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBerko, Aitken, and Wolvin have it all for my next interpersonal communication course. Their new text weaves application and practice with theory. The book teaches concrete skills while introducing larger principles and important vocabulary. All the while, this work balances vivid examples and stories with extensive, current research in the field. In sum, "IComm" is a mindful eyeful of interpersonal communication. It my course's textbook from now on. -- Tony Zupancic, Notre Dame College
This book is itself a model of the lessons it teaches. It will make for more effective communication with your students. It makes learning enjoyable because it feeds the desire to know. ICOMM: Interpersonal Concepts and Competencies will be lovedby students and teachers.... -- Leonard Shedletsky, University of Southern Maine
This book is itself a model of the lessons it teaches. It will make for more effective communication with your students. It makes learning enjoyable because it feeds the desire to know. ICOMM: Interpersonal Concepts and Competencies will be loved by students and teachers. -- Leonard Shedletsky, University of Southern Maine
This substantial interpersonal communication text book aims for accessibility for students. The authors begin with an address to the students: ‘This text is written in a personal and friendly manner, stressing concepts that should be important in your daily life…. you will find that interpersonal communication is very important to you.’ In keeping with this approach, each chapter includes from four to 10 activities that both demonstrate the importance of interpersonal communication and give the students practice in one or another aspect of it…. This book is well documented, with extensive endnotes, so that students can follow up with the relevant literature. * Communication Research Trends *
Table of Contents1 Foundations of Interpersonal Communication 2 The Self and Communication 3 Listening and Interpersonal Skills 4 Verbal Language 5 Nonverbal Communication 6 The Principles of Relational Communication 7 Beginning, Maintaining and Ending Relationships 8 Conflict Resolution 9 Interpersonal Relationships in the Family 10 Electronically Mediated Interpersonal Communication 11 The Self and Others 12 Adapting to Communication Patterns in the Workplace
