The Nonverbal Communication Reader: Classic and Contemporary Readings

The second edition of this successful, well-organized collection offers readers both cutting-edge and classic research on nonverbal codes and functions. It introduces the basic terms and skills related to nonverbal communication and provides an easy-to-comprehend overview of research methods commonly used to investigate nonverbal behaviors. Other salient topics include messages conveyed by individual nonverbal codes, how different codes work together to fulfill communication functions, and five commu-

nication theories about how people respond to the messages of others. The fifty-one articles emphasize practical applications of nonverbal communication in a wide variety of situations.