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Test Bank For Communication in Everyday Life A Survey of Communication 3rd Edition By Duck
Test Bank For Communication in Everyday Life A Survey of Communication 3rd Edition By Steve Duck, David T. McMahan, ISBN: 9781506377643, ISBN: 9781506315164, ISBN: 9781506393391
“Duck and McMahan’s text is an excellent book for the undergraduate introductory course surveying the discipline of communication studies. The writing style and level of presentation are appropriate for the undergraduate audience.”
—Natalia Rybas, Indiana University East
Communication in Everyday Life: A Survey of Communication, Third Edition remains the only introductory communication book to explore fundamental concepts, theories, and skills aimed at helping readers apply the material to their personal and professional lives—with a thematic integration of the relational perspective and a focus on demonstrating its direct relevance to their own everyday communication. Readers develop a strong foundation in communication concepts, theory, and research, as well as practical communication skills such as listening, critical thinking, using technology to communicate, understanding nonverbal communication, creating persuasive strategies, and managing group conflict. The highly anticipated Third Edition also introduces readers to important emerging areas in communication studies, offering unique chapters on health communication and family communication. Ideal for the digital age, this book provides up-to-date insight into the communication topics central to everyday life and reaches students through its personable and approachable style with direct examples applying communication research to their own lived experiences.
Table Of Content
Everyday Communication and the Relational Perspective
What Is Communication?
Communication Is Symbolic
Communication Requires Meaning
Communication Is Cultural
Communication Is Relational
Communication Involves Frames
Communication Is Both Presentational and Representational
Communication Is a Transaction
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
The Challenges of Writing History
The Development of a Discipline
The Emergence of Areas of Study
Coming Together (Kind of) as Communication Studies
Future of Communication and the Relational Perspective
Methods of Studying Communication
Social Scientific Approach
Interpretivist Approach
Critical Approach
Improving Communication Studies Through the Relational Perspective
Where Next?
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Do People Have Core Selves?
Identities and Perceptions
Identities and Communication
Transacting Identity and Other People
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
How Is Verbal Communication Symbolic?
Verbal Communication Involves Meaning
Verbal Communication Is Relational
Verbal Communication Is Cultural
Verbal Communication and Frames
Verbal Communication Is Presentational
Functions of Verbal Communication
Relationships and Everyday Talk
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Misconceptions About Nonverbal Communication
What Is Nonverbal Communication?
The Functions of Nonverbal Communication
Types of Nonverbal Communication
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
How Can Culture Be Identified and Studied?
Structure-Based Cultural Characteristics
Transacting Culture
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Why Is Listening Important?
Active Listening
Engaged and Relational Listening
Critical Listening
Recognizing and Overcoming Listening Obstacles
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
What Are Personal Relationships?
Benefits of Personal Relationships
Initiating Relationships: The Relationship Filtering Model
Transacting and Maintaining Personal Relationships
Coming Apart
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Families as . . .
Change and Development in Family Processes
Families Communicate!
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
What Is a Group?
Characteristics of Groups
Group Development and Decision Making
Group Decision Making Is About Relationships
Leadership
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Learning About the Workplace
Going to Work: The Workplace as a Special Frame
The Workplace as a Culture
The Workplace as Relationships
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Patient and Provider Relationships
Social Networks and Health
Media, Technology, and Health
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Perceptions of Technology and Media
The Relational Uses of Technology and Media
Smartphones: Constructing Identities and Relationships
Constructing Identities and Maintaining Relationships Online
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Public Address and Relating to Audiences
Sequential Persuasion
Emotional Appeals
Compliance Gaining
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
Preparing for an Interview
Interviews
Pre-Interview Responsibilities
Beginning an Employment Interview
Asking the Questions During an Employment Interview
Answering the Questions During an Employment Interview
Concluding an Employment Interview
Post-Interview Responsibilities
Focus Questions Revisited
Key Concepts
Questions to Ask Your Friends
Media Connections
