Communication: Principles for a Lifetime (with Interactive Companion PIN) - Softcover

Beebe, Steven A.; Beebe, Susan J.; Ivy, Diana K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205322875 ISBN 13: 9780205322879

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

Communication helps students see the relationships among the concepts, skills, theories, and contexts of communication by anchoring all discussion around five fundamental principles.

• Written by experienced and highly regarded textbook authors and teachers, Communication: Principles for a Lifetime provides students with all the theory and skills necessary in the introductory course ― in a manner that will help them to apply what they learn throughout their lives. Understanding that the challenge in any basic communication course is teaching students the myriad of skills, principles, and theories without overwhelming them, Beebe/Beebe/Ivy emphasize five key principles of communication throughout their book:
• Be aware of your communication with yourself and others.
• Effectively use and understand verbal messages.
• Effectively use and understand nonverbal messages.
• Listen and respond thoughtfully to others.
• Appropriately adapt messages to others.

Providing both comprehensive and cutting-edge content about communication organized around these five themes, Beebe/Beebe/Ivy cover all of the topics expected in the basic course in a manner that will help both instructors and their students organize the extensive range of material typically covered in the introductory course. With Communication, long after students have forgotten the lists of terms and definitions typically emphasized in this course, they will remember that all of communication revolves around these five basic principles.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Steven A. Beebe is Regents’ and University Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies at Texas State University. He served as Chair of the Department of Communication Studies for 28 years and as Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication for 25 years. Steve is an author or co-author of twelve books (with multiple editions totaling more than 70 books), more than 50 articles and book chapters, as well as over 150 papers and presentations at professional conferences. Steve’s communication books have been used at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the world, making him one of the top communication textbook authors in the United States. Steve served as President of the National Communication Association (NCA), the largest professional communication association in the world, in 2013.

Susan J. Beebe was an award-winning faculty member in the Department of English at Texas State University from 1988 to her retirement in 2014. As Director of Lower-Division Studies in English for 11 years, she directed the first-year writing and sophomore literature programs and helped to train and mentor hundreds of graduate teaching assistants. Sue’s professional interests and expertise encompass both oral and written communication. She has co-authored with Steven Beebe several communication textbooks used at more than a thousand universities worldwide. In addition, she has published articles, conference papers, and teaching materials in both English and communication studies.

Diana K. Ivy, Ph.D., Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, has been teaching communication at the college level for over 30 years, including such undergraduate and graduate courses as nonverbal, interpersonal, gender, and instructional communication. She has co-authored three textbooks, Communication: Principles for a Lifetime, GenderSpeak: Personal Effectiveness in Gender Communication, and Nonverbal Communication for a Lifetime, all in multiple editions, and has published articles in Communication Education, Southern Communication Journal, and Women & Language. She was Speaker of the Faculty Senate and Director of the Women’s Center at her university, has held multiples offices in the National Communication Association, hosted a call-in radio show, “Call Me Ivy,” and completed post-doctoral coursework at Oxford University, studying C. S. Lewis and communication. 

From the Back Cover

“...this text represents one of the best that I have read.”
~ Cherie Cannon, Miami-Dade College

Communication: Principles for a Lifetime, 3/e helps students see the relationships among various facets of communication by anchoring all discussion around five fundamental principles. Understanding that the challenge in any basic communication course is teaching students the myriad of skills, principles, and theories without overwhelming them, Beebe/Beebe/Ivy emphasize the following five key principles of communication throughout their book:

· Be aware of your communication with yourself and others.
· Effectively use and interpret verbal messages.
· Effectively use and interpret nonverbal messages.
· Listen and respond thoughtfully to others.
· Appropriately adapt messages to others.

New To This Edition

· A new emphasis on communication skills is linked with the trademark communication principles theme in the new end-of-chapter feature called “Principles for a Lifetime: Enhancing Your Skills.” A related figure, the Principles Pentagon, inside the front cover reinforces the theme.
· New and expanded coverage of technology and communication throughout looks at ways technology influences the way we communicate with others. Also, a new appendix features a discussion of mediated communication.
· A new emphasis on ethical communication includes expanded coverage in Chapter 6 and a newly revised interactive ethics feature, “Ethics and Communication.” This feature allows students to consider ethical scenarios and answer questions that reveal their own ethical views.
· A new feature in the Presentational Speaking section, “Developing Your Presentation Step by Step,” illustrates one student’s path through speech creation and delivery.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0205322875
• ISBN 13: 9780205322879
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496