Communication in Our Lives

• Author : Julia T. Wood
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release : 14 September 2016

COMMUNICATION IN OUR LIVES, 8th Edition, provides everything students need to strengthen their interpersonal, group, public speaking, and media literacy skills -- as well as demonstrates the value of communication in their personal and professional lives. Award-winning scholar Julia T. Wood combines the latest research and theory with hands-on skills development to help readers become more confident and effective communicators. In addition to its signature coverage of social and cultural diversity, the eighth edition includes an early emphasis on public

• Author : Julia Wood
• Publisher : Nelson Education
• Release : 20 April 2021

COMMUNICATION IN OUR LIVES, Sixth Edition, provides everything students need to strengthen their interpersonal, group, public speaking, and media literacy skills--and demonstrates the value of communication in their own lives. Award-winning, forward-thinking scholar Julia T. Wood combines a strong focus on skills development with careful attention to the research and theory of today’s most prominent communication scholars, including current developments in cultural and social diversity and the impact of technology on communication. Consistently praised by instructors and students alike,

• Author : Lynnette M. Long,Julia T. Wood
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 August 1999

By Lynnette M. Long (James Madison University) and Julia T. Wood (University of North Carolina). Complements and expands students' understanding of the book. Includes a summary of each chapter, vocabulary lists, activities, on perforated pages, and self test questions. Revised activities in this Student Companion reflect the text's increased emphasis on public speaking. Can be bundled with the text.

• Author : Irving E. Fang
• Publisher : Rada PressInc
• Release : 20 April 2021

"Alphabet to Internet: Mediated Communication in Our Lives," a survey history of our media of communication, considers how all of us are affected by the means we have devised for recording and communicating information. From the start of writing things down, mediated communication has nudged our world onward, again and again. It has changed the way we choose to live.Beginning with the evolution of writing and the alphabet from Sumer to Greece, Alphabet to Internet traces in a brisk

• Author : Julia T. Wood
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 31 January 2010

Written by leading gender communication scholar, Julia T. Wood, GENDERED LIVES, International Edition, introduces you to theories, research, and pragmatic information demonstrating the multiple and often interactive ways that our views of masculinity and femininity are shaped within contemporary culture. With the most up-to-date research, balanced perspectives of masculinity and femininity, a personal introduction to the field, and a conversational first-person writing style, GENDERED LIVES, International Edition, is an engaging text that encourages you to think critically about gender and

• Author : Julia T. Wood
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release : 01 January 2015

Written by leading scholar and award-winning teacher Julia T. Wood, INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS, 8e relates theory and skills directly to students' everyday interactions as it delivers a solid introduction to interpersonal communication. Completely up to date, the new Eighth Edition integrates the latest communication research, including findings from more than 125 new sources. Reflecting the author's expertise in gender and social diversity, the text includes an unparalleled focus on diversity. The new edition also features increased coverage of social media

• Author : Wood, D.E.,Julia T. Wood
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 20 April 1997

This text responds to current content and discipline issues by being rooted in communication scholarship and by addressing and integrating issues of social diversity. The book provides a theoretically unified and pragmatically oriented approach to human communication (i.e., a good balance of theory and skills); it consistently integrates issues of social diversity into both theoretical foundations and discussions of skills and particular communication contexts. The text provides students with an understanding of theory by showing them how they can

• Author : Teddy Kimathi
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 09 September 2014

Academic Paper from the year 2007 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, Kenya Methodist University, course: Communication Skills, language: English, abstract: This paper shows how communication encompasses our everyday lives. The vital nature of communication in our development and advancement as human species that we see today is brought to light, with help of findings from various researchers, sociologists, and communication experts.

• Author : Irving Fang
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 13 November 2014

What Greek philosopher thought writing would harm a student’s memory? Was the poet Byron’s daughter the first computer programmer? Who plays more video games, women over 18 or teenage boys? In Alphabet to Internet: Media in Our Lives, Irving Fang looks at each medium of communication through the centuries, asking not only, "What happened?" but also, "How did society change because of this new communication medium?" and, "How are we different as a result?" Examining the impact of different

• Author : Julia T. Wood
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release : 01 January 2010

Written by leading gender communication scholar, Julia T. Wood, GENDERED LIVES, Ninth Edition, introduces students to theories, research, and pragmatic information demonstrating the multiple and often interactive ways that our views of masculinity and femininity are shaped within contemporary culture. With the most up-to-date research, balanced perspectives of masculinity and femininity, a personal introduction to the field, and a conversational first-person writing style, GENDERED LIVES, Ninth Edition, is an engaging text that encourages students to think critically about gender and

• Author : Tricia S. Jones,Martin S. Remland,Rebecca Sanford
• Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
• Release : 20 April 2021

Communication scholars increasingly recognize the influence life stages have on communication. This book presents concepts from a unique life span orientation so that readers can gain a better understanding of the impact the life span has on interpersonal communication and relationships. The authors include an abundance of current theory and research and also incorporate scholarship from psychology and sociology. Section Two is organized around four specific life stages: early to middle childhood--addresses topics such as emotional and conflict competence; adolescence

• Author : Neil Thompson
• Publisher : Macmillan International Higher Education
• Release : 14 March 2018

Communication is the basis of so much of what happens in the workplace and indeed in our private lives. Without effective communication our lives are so much the poorer and with so many more problems. This book, now in an updated third edition, is therefore an important and valuable resource for anyone where success in their work depends on the quality of their interactions, whether face to face, in writing or electronically. Divided into two parts, the book focuses first

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 20 April 2021

• Author : Marshall B. Rosenberg,Deepak Chopra
• Publisher : PuddleDancer Press
• Release : 01 September 2015

What is Violent Communication? If "violent" means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who's "good/bad" or what's "right/wrong" with people—could indeed be called "violent communication." What is Nonviolent Communication? Nonviolent Communication is the integration of four things: • Consciousness: a set

• Author : Mary Val Marsh
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 20 April 1975