Thinking through communication : an introduction to the study of human communication /

Trenholm, Sarah, 1944-

Thinking through communication : an introduction to the study of human communication / Sarah Trenholm. - 4th edition - Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2005. - xvi, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Table of Contents

PART I. INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION
1. The communication tradition

2. Definitions, models and perspectives

PART II. LISTENING AND LANGUAGE
3. Decoding messages: perception, information processing and listening

4. Encoding messages: Spoken language

5. Encoding messages: nonverbal communication

PART III. COMMUNICATION CONTEXTS
6. Interpersonal communication

7. Group communication

8. Organizational communication

9. Public communication

10. Communication and the mass media

11. Intercultural communication

12. Methods of discovery

How is communication research done

Five contemporary research methods

Learning more about communication




Includes bibliographical references (p. 380-390) and indexes.

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Communication.

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