Reflect and Relate: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Second Edition
The most successful new interpersonal communication textbook in over a decade, Reflect & Relate broke new ground with its emphasis on critical self-reflection, practical skills, and relationships in context. Reflect & Relate fosters self-awareness by having students examine their own experiences, practice ongoing critical self-reflection, and apply the lessons in the text to their own communication.
This resource demonstrates how to support young children's language development, including those with special needs, and discusses appropriate expectations for youngsters from birth to age five.
In the second edition of this widely-used introductory text John Fiske draws upon the main authorities in the field, from Shannon and Weaver's Communication Theory to Saussure's structural linguistics and Peirce's Semiotics. He examines the two main schools: seeing communication as the encoding, transmission, and decoding of messages; and viewing communication as the generation of meanings.
Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies
Key Concepts in Communication and Cultural Studies is an introductory guide for those who need to "come to terms" with the fields of communications and cultural studies. Over 300 entries introduce the reader to key points in the areas, as well the historical underpinnings of each concept, and provides references for further reading. This edition contains over 60 new entries, with existing entries revised to maintain currency with the developments of the 80s. These elements, as well as the expertise of the authors in the fields of culture and communication, combine to provide an a broad and useful study of culture and communication.
