Introduction to Human Communication

Perception, Meaning, and Identity

Susan R. Beauchamp, Stanley J. Baran

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781071922569
• Edition: 3
• eBook ISBN:
  9781071922590
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Communication Studies
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Now published by Sage

Introduction to Human Communication, Third Edition, offers a comprehensive and balanced survey of the discipline. Susan R. Beauchamp and Stanley J. Baran show students how central successful communication is to gaining effective control over perception, meaning making, and identity. After walking students through the basics of communication theory and research, they provide tools to help students become more competent, confident, employable, and ethical communicators. A diverse array of real-world examples and practical pedagogical tools help students apply what they?ve learned to a wide variety of communication contexts, including mass and digital communication, media literacy, health communication, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, and intercultural communication.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Publisher Note
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Brief Contents
• Detailed Contents
• Preface
• New to the Third Edition
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• 1 The Communication Process: Perception, Meaning, and Identity
• 2 Communication Research and Inquiry
• 3 Verbal Communication
• 4 Nonverbal Communication
• 5 Listening
• 6 Relational and Conflict Communication
• 7 Communicating in Small Groups
• 8 Organizational Communication
• 9 Intercultural Communication
• 10 Mass Communication
• 11 Media Literacy
• 12 Social Media and Personal Communication Technologies
• 13 Persuasion and Social Influence
• 14 Health Communication
• 15 Public Speaking: An Overview
• Glossary
• References
• Index