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Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Part I: Communication Foundations in Relationships Introduction 1. The Communication Process: Impersonal and Interpersonal (Updated) 2. The Relational Perspective 3. Theories of Relational Communication Lynn H. Turner and Richard West (Updated) Part II: Building Blocks Introduction 4. Elements of Language 5. Listening and Feedback: The Other Half of Communication 6. Helpful Listening and Responding (Reinserted from an earlier edition) 7. Elements of Nonverbal Communication Part III: Perceptual Processes and Communication A. Perception and Self-Concept Introduction 8. Perceiving the Self 9 Four Important Cognitive Processes B. Perceptual Filters Introduction Culture 10. The Necessity of Intercultural Communication 11. When Miss America Was Always White Family 12. Why Examine Family Background? Gender 13 Growing Up Masculine, Growing Up Feminine 14. 'Put That Paper Down and Talk to Me!': Rapport-Talk and Report-Talk Part IV: Developing Relationships Introduction 15. Relationship Stages: A Communication Perspective (Updated from 2005 edition) 16. From Miscegenation to Multiculturism: Perceptions and Stages of Interracial Relationship Development 17 The Relationships of Lesbians and of Gay Men Part V: Sustaining Relationships Introduction 18. Affection: A Vocabulary of Loving Messages (Updated) 19 Face Management in Interpersonal Communication 20 Belly Button Fuzz and Wicky-Wacky Cake: Rituals in Our Personal Relationships 21 The What, When, Who, and Why of Nagging in Interpersonal Relationships 22 Communicating Forgiveness Part VI: Struggling in Relationships Introduction 23 Collaborative Negotiation 24 I Can't Talk About It Now 25 Who's Responsible for What? 26 Anti-Comforting Messages (Dale Hample) (New) 27. Why Marriages Fail Part VII: Ending Relationships Introduction 28. Relational Decline (Updated from 2005 edition) 29. Dialectical Process in the Disengagement of Interpersonal Relationships . 30. 'The Worst Part Is, We Don't Even Talk Anymore': Post-Dissolutional Communication in Break Up Stories Part VII The Dark Side of Relationships 31. Introduction to the Dark Side Brian Spitzberg (new) 32. Lying Knapp and Vangelisti (new) 33. Serial Arguments Courtney Waite Miller (new) 34. Child Physical Abuse: The Relevance of Communication Research Steven R. Wilson (moved from Contexts section) Part IX: Contexts A. Family Introduction 35. Family Ground Rules (moved up from earlier section) 36. Discourse-dependency: The legacy of family diversity. Kathleen Galvin (new) 37. Sibling Use of Relational Maintenance Behaviors 38. Communicating About Sex With Parents and Partners B. Friends Introduction 39. Being There for Friends 40. Urban Tribes Ethan Watters (new) 41. Communication in Cross-Gender Friendships C. Technology Introduction 42. CMC Susan Barnes (new) 43. Teenage Life Online: The Rise of the Instant-Message Generation and the Internet's Impact on Friendships and Family Relationships 44. How Technology Changes Established Communication Patterns. Katrina Shonbeck (new) Conclusion
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Interpersonal communication.
Interpersonal relations.
Communication -- Psychological aspects.
Sex differences (Psychology).