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Communication : principles for a lifetime / / Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, Diana K. Ivy
| Communication : principles for a lifetime / / Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe, Diana K. Ivy |
| Autore | Beebe Steven A. <1950-> |
| Edizione | [Sixth, Global edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : Pearson, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 302.2 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico | Communication |
| ISBN | 1-292-10287-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Identifying Foundations of Human Communication -- Why Study Communication? -- To Improve Your Employability -- To Improve Your Relationships -- To Improve Your Health -- The Communication Process -- Communication Defined -- Communication Characteristics -- Communication Models -- Communication as Action: Message Transfer -- Communication as Interaction: Message Exchange -- Communication as Transaction: Message Creation -- Communication Competence -- The Message Should Be Understood -- The Message Should Achieve Its Intended Effect -- The Message Should Be Ethical -- Communication & ETHICS: Is There a Universal Ethical Code? -- Communication in the 21st Century -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: Got Facebook? How We Connect on Facebook -- Communication Contexts -- Interpersonal Communication -- Group Communication -- Presentational Communication -- Applying Communication in Organizational and Health Contexts -- Communication Principles for a Lifetime -- Communication & DIVERSITY: Communication Principles for a Lifetime: Principles for All Cultures? -- Principle One: Be Aware of Your Communication with Yourself and Others -- Principle Two: Effectively Use and Interpret Verbal Messages -- Principle Three: Effectively Use and Interpret Nonverbal Messages -- Principle Four: Listen and Respond Thoughtfully to Others -- Principle Five: Appropriately Adapt Messages to Others -- STUDY GUIDE -- 2. Exploring Self-Awareness and Communication -- Self-Awareness: How Well Do You Know Yourself? -- Communication & DIVERSITY: Self-Concept from East and West -- Self-Concept: Who Are You? -- Self-Concept Components -- One or Many Selves? -- How the Self-Concept Develops -- Self-Esteem: What's Your Value? -- Gender -- Social Comparisons -- Self-Expectations.
Communication & TECHNOLOGY: Got Low Self-Esteem? Can Social Media Help? -- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy -- Communication and the Enhancement of Self-Esteem -- Communication & ETHICS: Can You Have TOO Much Self-Esteem? -- Engage in Positive Self-Talk -- Visualize -- Reframe -- Develop Honest Relationships -- Surround Yourself with Positive People -- Lose Your Baggage -- The Perception Process -- Stage One: Attention and Selection -- Stage Two: Organization -- Stage Three: Interpretation -- When Perceptions Vary -- Communicate to Enhance Your Powers of Perception -- Increase Your Awareness -- Avoid Stereotypes -- Check Your Perceptions -- STUDY GUIDE -- 3. Understanding Verbal Messages -- Why Focus on Language? -- The Nature of Language -- People Use Words as Symbols -- People Attach Meanings to Words -- People Create Denotative and Connotative Meanings for Words -- People Convey Concrete and Abstract Meanings through Words -- Meanings Are Culture Bound -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: Danged Autocorrect! -- Meanings Are Context Bound -- The Power of Words -- Confronting Bias in Language -- Biased Language: Race, Ethnicity, Nationality, and Religion -- Biased Language: Gender and Sexual Orientation -- Communication & DIVERSITY: Sex/Gender Complexity: Facebook's Fifty-Six New Terms for Gender Identity -- Communication & ETHICS: "That's So Gay!" -- Biased Language: Age, Class, and Ability -- Using Words to Establish Supportive Relationships -- Describe Your Own Feelings Rather Than Evaluate Others -- Solve Problems Rather Than Control Others -- Empathize Rather Than Remain Detached from Others -- Be Flexible Rather Than Rigid Toward Others -- Present Yourself as Equal Rather Than Superior -- Avoid Gunny-Sacking -- STUDY GUIDE -- 4. Understanding Nonverbal Messages -- Why Focus on Nonverbal Communication? -- Nonverbal Messages Communicate Feelings and Attitudes. Nonverbal Messages Are More Believable Than Verbal Ones -- Nonverbal Messages Are Critical to Successful Relationships -- Communication & ETHICS: Do We Have a Rhythm or Are You Just Mimicking Me? -- Nonverbal Messages Serve Multiple Functions -- The Nature of Nonverbal Communication -- The Culture-Bound Nature of Nonverbal Communication -- The Rule-Governed Nature of Nonverbal Communication -- Communication & DIVERSITY: The Olympics: Winning Medals in Nonverbal Sensitivity? -- The Ambiguous Nature of Nonverbal Communication -- The Continuous Nature of Nonverbal Communication -- The Nonlinguistic Nature of Nonverbal Communication -- The Multichanneled Nature of Nonverbal Communication -- Codes of Nonverbal Communication -- Appearance -- Body Movement, Gestures, and Posture -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: Talking While Walking: Dangerous Multitasking -- Eye Contact -- Facial Expressions -- Touch -- The Voice -- Physical Environment, Space, and Territory -- How to Interpret Nonverbal Cues More Accurately -- STUDY GUIDE -- 5. Listening and Responding -- The Importance of Listening and Responding Skills -- Listening Enhances Our Relationships with Others -- Listening Helps Us Collaborate with Others -- Listening Links Speaker and Audience -- How We Listen -- Selecting -- Attending -- Understanding -- Remembering -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: The Vanishing Art of Listening to Voice Messages -- Responding -- Listening Styles -- Relational Listening Style -- Analytical Listening Style -- Critical Listening Style -- Task-Oriented Listening Style -- The Benefits of Understanding Your Listening Style -- Listening Barriers -- Self Barriers -- Information-Processing Barriers -- Communication & DIVERSITY: Does Gender Influence Listening Skill? -- Context Barriers -- Improving Your Listening Skills -- Stop: Turn Off Competing Messages -- Look: Listen with Your Eyes. Listen: Understand Both Details and Major Ideas -- Improving Your Responding Skills -- Responding to Clarify and Confirm Understanding -- Responding to Empathize with Others -- Communication & ETHICS: Paraphrase Properly -- Responding to Provide Social Support -- STUDY GUIDE -- 6. Adapting to Others: Diversity and Communication -- Understanding Diversity -- Sex and Gender -- Sexual Orientation -- Age -- Ethnicity -- Culture and Communication -- Communication & DIVERSITY: Diversity Almanac -- Defining Culture -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: Adapting to Differences When Making E-Connections -- Cultural Contexts -- Cultural Values -- Barriers to Bridging Differences and Adapting to Others -- Assuming Superiority -- Assuming Similarity -- Assuming Differences -- Stereotyping and Prejudice -- Communication & ETHICS: Can Stereotyping Others Ever Be a Good Idea? -- Adapting to Others Who Are Different from You -- Aim for Intercultural Communication Competence -- Seek Information -- Ask Questions and Listen -- Tolerate Ambiguity -- Develop Mindfulness -- Become Other Oriented -- Ethically Adapt to Others -- STUDY GUIDE -- 7. Understanding Interpersonal Communication -- What Is Interpersonal Communication? -- Initiating Relationships -- Interpersonal Attraction: Why We Like Whom We Like -- Communication & DIVERSITY: Straight Women and Gay Men: What's Up with the Friendship? -- Communicating Our Attraction -- Getting That First Conversation Going -- Maintaining Relationships -- Self-Disclosure: Revealing Yourself to Others -- Properties of Self-Disclosure -- Two Models of Self-Disclosure -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: Do You Need a Boyfriend/Girlfriend That Badly? -- Expressing Emotions -- Communication & ETHICS: Are You a Blurter? -- STUDY GUIDE -- 8. Enhancing Relationships -- The Importance of Relationships: Friends, Family, and Colleagues. Friendship Matters -- Family Matters -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: The Joys (and Woes) of the Video Chat -- Colleagues Matter -- Stages of Relationship Development -- Relational Escalation -- Relational De-Escalation -- Communication & ETHICS: Infidelity in Cyberspace: Is It Cheating If You Don't Actually Touch? -- Relationship Dissolution (a.k.a. the Breakup) -- Best Practices in Breaking Up -- After the Breakup: Communicating with an Ex -- Tensions in Relationships: The Dialectical Perspective -- Managing Interpersonal Conflict -- Types of Conflict -- Communication & DIVERSITY: Coping with Conflict across Cultures -- Properties of Conflict -- Styles of Managing Conflict -- Conflict Management Skills -- STUDY GUIDE -- 9. Understanding Group and Team Performance -- Groups and Teams Defined -- Communicating in Small Groups -- Communication & TECHNOLOGY: Virtues (and Vices) of Virtual Groups -- Communicating in Teams -- Communication & ETHICS: How Far Would You Go to Achieve a Team Goal? -- When Not to Collaborate in Groups and Teams -- Working in Real Groups and Teams -- Group and Team Dynamics -- Roles -- Rules -- Norms -- Status -- Power -- Cohesiveness -- Group and Team Development -- Orientation -- Conflict -- Emergence -- Reinforcement -- Communication & DIVERSITY: The Impact of Individualism and Collectivism on Groups and Teams -- The Process Nature of Group Phases -- STUDY GUIDE -- 10. Enhancing Group and Team Performance -- What Effective Group and Team Members Do -- Identify a Clear, Elevating Goal -- Develop a Results-Driven Structure -- Gather and Share Appropriate Information -- Develop Options -- Evaluate Ideas -- Develop Sensitivity Toward Others -- Develop a Positive Personal Style -- Structuring Group and Team Problem Solving -- Step 1: Identify and Define the Problem -- Step 2: Analyze the Problem. Step 3: Generate Creative Solutions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154768103321 |
Beebe Steven A. <1950->
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| Boston : , : Pearson, , [2016] | ||
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Interpersonal communication : relating to others / / Beebe, Beebe, Redmond
| Interpersonal communication : relating to others / / Beebe, Beebe, Redmond |
| Autore | Beebe Steven A. <1950-> |
| Edizione | [Seventh edition, Pearson new international edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 302.2 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico | Interpersonal communication |
| ISBN | 1-292-05188-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction to Interpersonal Communication -- 2. Interpersonal Communication and Perception -- 3. Listening and Responding Skills -- 4. Verbal Communication Skills -- 5. Nonverbal Communication Skills -- 6. Conflict Management Skills -- 7. Understanding Interpersonal Relationships -- 8. Managing Relationship Challenges -- 9. Interpersonal Relationships: Friendship and Romance -- 10. Interpersonal Relationships: Family and Workplace -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153089703321 |
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Beebe Steven A. <1950->
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Public speaking : an audience-centered approach / / Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe
| Public speaking : an audience-centered approach / / Steven A. Beebe, Susan J. Beebe |
| Autore | Beebe Steven A. <1950-> |
| Edizione | [Ninth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations (some color), map, photographs, tables |
| Disciplina | 808.51 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Oral communication
Public speaking |
| ISBN | 1-292-01910-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 THE ART OF PUBLIC SPEAKING -- What Is Public Speaking? -- Why Study Public Speaking? -- Empowerment -- Employment -- The Communication Process -- Communication as Action -- Communication as Interaction -- Communication as Transaction -- The Rich Heritage of Public Speaking -- The Golden Age of Public Speaking -- Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Age of Political Oratory -- The Technological Age of Public Speaking -- Improving Your Confidence as a Speaker -- Understand Your Nervousness -- How to Build Your Confidence -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Be One with the Audience -- STUDY GUIDE -- 2 DEVELOPING YOUR FIRST SPEECH -- Consider Your Audience -- Gather and Analyze Information about Your Audience -- Consider the Culturally Diverse Backgrounds of Your Audience -- Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Who Is the Audience? -- What Are My Interests, Talents, and Experiences? -- What Is the Occasion? -- Determine Your Purpose -- Determine Your General Purpose -- Determine Your Specific Purpose -- Develop Your Central Idea -- Generate the Main Ideas -- Does the Central Idea Have Logical Divisions? -- Can You Think of Several Reasons the Central Idea Is True? -- Can You Support the Central Idea witha Series of Steps? -- Gather Supporting Material -- Gather Interesting Supporting Material -- Gather Visual Supporting Material -- Organize Your Speech -- SAMPLE OUTLINE -- Rehearse Your Speech -- Deliver Your Speech -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Things to Consider While Preparing for Your First Speech -- SAMPLE SPEECH -- STUDY GUIDE -- 3 THE BOUNDARIES OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH -- Speaking Freely -- Free Speech and the U.S. Constitution -- Free Speech in the TwentiethCentury -- Free Speech in the Twenty-First Century -- Speaking Ethically -- Have a Clear, Responsible Goal.
Use Sound Evidence and Reasoning -- Be Sensitive to and Tolerant of Differences -- Be Honest -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Be Ethical to Be Credible -- Don't Plagiarize -- Sample Oral Citat ion -- Speaking Credibly -- STUDY GUIDE -- 4 LISTENING AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS -- Overcoming Barriers to Effective Listening -- Information Overload -- Personal Concerns -- Outside Distractions -- Prejudice -- Differences between Speech Rate and Thought Rate -- How to Become a Better Listener -- Listen with Your Eyes as Well as Your Ears -- Listen Mindfully -- Listen Skillfully -- Listen Ethically -- Improving Listening and Critical Thinking Skills -- Separate Facts from Inferences -- Evaluate the Quality of Evidence -- Evaluate the Underlying Logic and Reasoning -- Analyzing and Evaluating Speeches -- Understanding Criteria for Evaluating Speeches -- Identifying and AnalyzingRhetorical Strategies -- Giving Feedback to Others -- Giving Feedbackto Yourself -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE A Good Listener Is a Good Speaker -- STUDY GUIDE -- 5 AUDIENCE ANALYSIS -- Gathering Information about Your Audience -- Analyzing Information about Your Audience -- Look for Audience Member Similarities -- Look for Audience Member Differences -- Establish Common Ground with Your Audience -- Adapting to Your Audience -- Analyzing Your Audience before You Speak -- Demographic Audience Analysis -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Audience Analysis for a Successful Speech -- Psychological Audience Analysis -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Consider Your Audience -- Situational Audience Analysis -- Adapting to Your Audience as You Speak -- Identifying Nonverbal Audience Cues -- Responding to Nonverbal Cues -- Strategies for Customizing Your Message to Your Audience -- Analyzing Your Audience after You Speak -- Nonverbal Responses. Verbal Responses -- Survey Responses -- Behavioral Responses -- STUDY GUIDE -- 6 AUDIENCE-CENTERED SPEECH BUILDING -- Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Guidelines for Selecting a Topic -- Strategies for Selecting a Topic -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE How to Deliver a Winning Speech -- Narrowing the Topic -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Select and Narrow Your Topic -- Determine Your Purpose -- General Purpose -- Specific Purpose -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Determine Your Purpose -- Develop Your Central Idea -- A Complete Declarative Sentence -- Direct, Specific Language -- A Single Idea -- An Audience-Centered Idea -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Develop Your Central Idea -- Generate and Preview Your Main Ideas -- Generating Your Main Ideas -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Generate Your Main Ideas -- Previewing Your Main Ideas -- Meanwhile, Back at the Computer . . . -- STUDY GUIDE -- 7 THE FRAMEWORK OF SPEECH:THE SUPPORTING MATERIALS -- Sources of Supporting Material -- Personal Knowledge and Experience -- The Internet -- OnlineDatabases -- Traditional Library Holdings -- Interviews -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Essential Tools for an Effective Speech -- Research Strategies -- Develop a Preliminary Bibliography -- Locate Resources -- Assess the Usefulness of Resources -- Take Notes -- Identify Possible Presentation Aids -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Gather Supporting Material -- Types of Supporting Material -- Illustrations -- Descriptions and Explanations -- Definitions -- Analogies -- Statistics -- Opinions -- The Best Supporting Material -- STUDY GUIDE -- 8 SPEECH OUTLINES AND INTEGRATION OF SUPPORTING MATERIALS -- Organizing Your Main Ideas -- Organizing Ideas Topically -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Organize Your Speech -- Ordering Ideas Chronologically. Arranging Ideas Spatially -- Organizing Ideas to Show Cause and Effect -- Organizing Ideasby Problem-Solution -- Acknowledging Cultural Differences in Organization -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Organize Your Speech -- Integrating Your Supporting Material -- Organizing Your Presentation for the Ears of Others:Signposting -- Previews -- Transitions -- Summaries -- Presentation Aids -- Outlining Your Speech -- Developing Your Preparation Outline -- Developing Your Speaking Notes -- SAMPLE PREPARATION OUTLINE -- STUDY GUIDE -- 9 BEGINNING AND CONCLUDING YOUR SPEECH -- Purposes of Introductions -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Begin with the Endin Mind -- Get the Audience's Attention -- Give the Audience a Reason to Listen -- Introduce the Subject -- Establish Your Credibility -- Preview Your Main Ideas -- Effective Introductions -- Illustrations or Anecdotes -- Startling Facts or Statistics -- Quotations -- Humor -- Questions -- References to Historical Events -- References to Recent Events -- Personal References -- References to the Occasion -- References to Preceding Speeches -- Purposes of Conclusions -- Summarize the Speech -- Provide Closure -- Effective Conclusions -- Methods Also Used for Introductions -- References to the Introduction -- Inspirational Appeals or Challenges -- STUDY GUIDE -- 10 EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE FOR DIVERSE LISTENERS -- Differentiating Oral and Written Language Styles -- Using Words Effectively -- Use Specific, Concrete Words -- Use Simple Words -- Use Words Correctly -- Use Words Concisely -- Adapting Your Language Style to Diverse Listeners -- Use Language That Your Audience Can Understand -- Use Respectful Language -- Use Unbiased Language -- Crafting Memorable Word Structures -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Your Style of Speech,Your Chosen Words -- Creating Figurative Images -- Creating Drama. Creating Cadence -- Analyzing an Example of Memorable Word Structure -- Using Memorable Word Structures Effectively -- STUDY GUIDE -- 11 STRATEGIES FOR THE FINAL DELIVERY -- The Power of Speech Delivery -- Listeners Expect Effective Delivery -- Listeners Make Emotional Connections with You through Delivery -- Listeners Believe What They See -- Methods of Delivery -- Manuscript Speaking -- Memorized Speaking -- Impromptu Speaking -- Extemporaneous Speaking -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Delivering Your Speech Effectively -- Characteristics of Effective Delivery -- Eye Contact -- Gestures -- Movement -- Posture -- Facial Expression -- Vocal Delivery -- Personal Appearance -- Audience Diversity and Delivery -- Rehearsing Your Speech: Some Final Tips -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Rehearse Your Speech -- Delivering Your Speech -- DEVELOPING YOUR SPEECH STEP BY STEP Deliver Your Speech -- Responding to Questions -- STUDY GUIDE -- 12 GUIDELINES ON PRESENTATION AIDS -- The Value of Presentation Aids -- Presentation Aids Enhance Understanding -- Presentation Aids Enhance Memory -- Presentation Aids Help Listeners Organize Ideas -- Presentation Aids Help You Gain and Maintain Attention -- Presentation Aids Help Illustrate a Sequence of Events or Procedures -- Types of Presentation Aids -- Three-Dimensional Presentation Aids -- Two-Dimensional Presentation Aids -- Computer-Generated Presentation Aids -- Tips for Using Computer-Generated Presentation Aids -- Audiovisual Aids -- CONFIDENTLY CONNECTING WITH YOUR AUDIENCE Use of Visual Aids in Your Speech -- Guidelines for Developing Presentation Aids -- Make Them Easy to See -- Keep Them Simple -- Select the RightPresentation Aid -- Do Not Use Dangerous or Illegal Presentation Aids -- Guidelines for Using Presentation Aids -- Rehearse with Your Presentation Aids. Make Eye Contact with Your Audience, Not with Your Presentation Aids. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153258903321 |
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Beebe Steven A. <1950->
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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