Communication: Principles for a Lifetime, First Canadian Edition - Softcover

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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205426670 ISBN 13: 9780205426676

Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada, 2004

Synopsis

Intended for “human communication” courses, this book covers interpersonal communication, group communication, and public speaking

Designed to help students see the relationships among the concepts, skills, theories, and contexts of communication, this text anchors all discussion around five fundamental principles:

•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

Providing both comprehensive and cutting-edge content about communication organized around these five themes, this text covers 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.

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

Praise for Beebe, Beebe, and Ivy's Communication: Principles for a Lifetime 2nd Edition

“lThis book has it all-mention of culture, of technology, skills orientation, good learning tools, and appropriate reading level.” -Leonard Assante, Volunteer State Community College

“The most unique design incorporated into this textbook is the pentagon model or five fundamental principles. The model introduces and then reinforces the precepts upon which effective/competent communication is built. Finally, some ethical or moral standards for students to contemplate in the current world order.” -Debra Sue Wyatt, South Texas Community College

“The writing is clear and concise an yet still involves the student's imagination by using interesting current examples and posing ethical issues for consideration.” -Annette Folwell, University of Idaho

Excitement for the 1st Edition

“I like the approach of the five principles of communication to organize some of the fundamentals of communication. They organize fundamentals such as nonverbal, language, perception and the self in a manner I've not seen in other introductory communication texts...The combination of areas under each principle helps to accomplish the authors' goal of a more manageable amount of material for survey of communication.” -Elizabeth Lindsey, New Mexico State University

“It was a pleasure reading this text. Its conversational tone and use of contemporary examples make it approachable to students.” -Timothy P. Mottet, Southwest Texas State University

“This is an impressive text. The authors have done a good job of condensing the vast amount of information related to communication studies into a manageable and cohesive text.” -Phil Hoke, The University of Texas at San Antonio

“The five basic principles give the book cohesiveness. Each chapter is clearly related to the overriding principles of effective communication stressed in the text. The more I read, the more I appreciated the effectiveness of this organizational strategy.” -Carol L. Hunter, Brookdale Community College

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Canada
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205426670
• ISBN 13: 9780205426676
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464