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.